Lophospingus | |
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Grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: |
Lophospingus Cabanis, 1878 |
Type species | |
Gubernatrix pusilla
Burmeister, 1860
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Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America. [1]
The genus Lophospingus was introduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species. [2] [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and spingos meaning "finch". [4]
The genus contains two species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Lophospingus griseocristatus | Grey-crested finch | Bolivia and northwestern Argentina | |
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Lophospingus pusillus | Black-crested finch | Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. |
Lophospingus | |
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Grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: |
Lophospingus Cabanis, 1878 |
Type species | |
Gubernatrix pusilla
Burmeister, 1860
|
Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America. [1]
The genus Lophospingus was introduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species. [2] [3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and spingos meaning "finch". [4]
The genus contains two species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Lophospingus griseocristatus | Grey-crested finch | Bolivia and northwestern Argentina | |
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Lophospingus pusillus | Black-crested finch | Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. |