Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Hemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the rufous-headed tanager as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half" or "small" with thraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithology thraupis is used to denote a tanager.[4]

Genus Hemithraupis – Cabanis, 1851 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Guira tanager


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Hemithraupis guira
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Eight subspecies
 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
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Diet: 		 LC 


Rufous-headed tanager


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Hemithraupis ruficapilla
(Vieillot, 1818) 		Brazil
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Diet: 		 LC 


Yellow-backed tanager


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Hemithraupis flavicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)

Eleven subspecies
 Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
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Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 21.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.