| Microspingus | |
|---|---|
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| Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Microspingus Taczanowski, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Microspingus trifasciatus Taczanowski, 1874 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Microspingus is agenus of warbler-like birds in the tanager familyThraupidae. They are found in highland forest inSouth America.
Amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genusPoospiza waspolyphyletic.[1] In the resulting rearrangement to createmonophyletic genera the genusMicrospingus was resurrected. It had been introduced in 1874 by the Polish zoologistWładysław Taczanowski with thethree-striped hemispingus as thetype species.[2][3][4] The genus name combines theAncient Greekmikros meaning "small" withspingos meaning "finch".[5]
The genusMicrospingus is thesister taxon to a clade containing theblack-backed bush tanager in themonospecific genusUrothraupis and thePardusco in the monospecific genusNephelornis.[1][3]
The genus contains eight species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_lateralis_-_Buff-throated_warbling-finch%3b_Campos_do_Jord%25C3%25A3o%2c_S%25C3%25A3o_Paulo%2c_Brazil.jpg) | Buff-throated warbling finch | Microspingus lateralis | Brazil. |
.jpg) | Grey-throated warbling finch | Microspingus cabanisi | eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay |
_(cropped).jpg) | Rusty-browed warbling finch | Microspingus erythrophrys | Argentina and Bolivia |
.jpg) | Plain-tailed warbling finch | Microspingus alticola | Peru. |
_(cropped).jpg) | Ringed warbling finch | Microspingus torquatus | Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. |
 | Three-striped hemispingus | Microspingus trifasciatus | Bolivia and Peru. |
 | Black-capped warbling finch | Microspingus melanoleucus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay. |
.JPG) | Cinereous warbling finch | Microspingus cinereus | Brazil. |
