Embernagra | |
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Pampa finch, Embernagra platensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: |
Embernagra Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Tanagra dumetorum
[1] = Emberiza platensis Lesson, 1831
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Species | |
Embernagra is a genus of South American finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus Embernagra was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the Pampa finch as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the names of two genera: Emberiza introduced for the buntings by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and Tanagra introduced for the tanagers by Linnaeus in 1764. [4]
This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within the family Emberizidae. [3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Embernagra was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within Thraupidae Embernagra is now placed with Coryphaspiza and Emberizoides in the subfamily Emberizoidinae. [5] [6]
The genus contains two species: [6]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Serra finch |
Embernagra longicauda Strickland, 1844 |
Brazil![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Pampa finch |
Embernagra platensis (Gmelin, 1789) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Embernagra | |
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Pampa finch, Embernagra platensis | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: |
Embernagra Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Tanagra dumetorum
[1] = Emberiza platensis Lesson, 1831
| |
Species | |
Embernagra is a genus of South American finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus Embernagra was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the Pampa finch as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the names of two genera: Emberiza introduced for the buntings by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and Tanagra introduced for the tanagers by Linnaeus in 1764. [4]
This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within the family Emberizidae. [3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Embernagra was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within Thraupidae Embernagra is now placed with Coryphaspiza and Emberizoides in the subfamily Emberizoidinae. [5] [6]
The genus contains two species: [6]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Serra finch |
Embernagra longicauda Strickland, 1844 |
Brazil![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
Pampa finch |
Embernagra platensis (Gmelin, 1789) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|