| Asemospiza | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sooty grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Asemospiza Burns, Unitt & Mason, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla fuliginosa Wied, 1830 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Asemospiza is agenus of South American birds in the tanager familyThraupidae.
These species were formerly placed in the genusTiaris. Amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found thatTiaris waspolyphyletic.[1] In the resulting reorganization to createmonophyletic genera, these two species were assigned to a new genusAsemospiza with thesooty grassquit as thetype species.[2] The name combines theAncient Greek ἄσημος/asēmos meaning "without marks" with σπίζα/spiza meaning "finch".[2][3] These two species are in thesubfamily Coerebinae and form asister clade to theDarwin's finches.[1]
The species in the genus are:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asemospiza fuliginosa | Sooty grassquit | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
.jpg) | Asemospiza obscura | Dull-coloured grassquit | Venezuela to Argentina |
