Nemosia
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| Nemosia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Nemosia Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra pileata Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
Nemosia is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the hooded tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name Nemosia is from the Ancient Greek nemos meaning "glade" or "dell".[3]
Species
[edit]The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nemosia pileata | Hooded tanager | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
.jpg) | Nemosia rourei | Cherry-throated tanager | Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Brazil |
References
[edit]- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 276.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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