Serinus

European serin Serinus serinus, copyright Luis García.


Belongs within: Carduelinae.

Serinus, the canaries, is a genus of finches found in Europe and Africa. Members of this genus have yellowish or greenish streaked plumage. The best known species is the canary Serinus canaria, widely kept around the world as a cage bird; domestic forms of this species have commonly been bred to be entirely yellow in coloration.

<==Serinus Koch 1816 [Serininae] M02
    |--+--S. canaria (Linnaeus 1758) JT12, CC10 [=Fringilla canaria CC10, S. canarius (l. c.) CC10]
    |  `--S. serinus JT12
    `--+--S. pusillus JT12
       `--+--S. alario JT12 [=Alario alario BKB15]
          `--+--S. canicollis JT12
             `--S. flavivertex (Blanford 1869) JT12, S05 [=S. canicollis flavivertex S05]

Serinus incertae sedis:
  S. ankoberensis JT12
  S. buchanani JT12
  S. butyracea [=Crithagra butyracea] L81
  S. donaldsoni JT12
  S. estherae JT12
  S. flavigula JT12
  S. frontalis JT12
  S. icterus [incl. Crithagra chrysopyga] S66
  S. koliensis JT12
  S. leucopterus JT12
  S. melanochrous JT12
  S. menachensis JT12
  S. nigriceps Rüppell 1840 S05
  S. rothschildi JT12
  S. rufobrunneus JT12
  S. symonsi JT12
  S. syriacus JT12
  S. tristriatus JT12
  S. xantholaemus JT12
  S. xanthopygius Rüppell 1840 JT12, S05 [=S. atrogularis xanthopygius S05]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.

[S66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.

[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233–264.

Last updated: 5 July 2019.

Icterus

Male hooded oriole Icterus cucullatus, copyright Linda Tanner.


Belongs within: Icteridae.

Icterus, the New World orioles, is a genus of strikingly coloured birds found in North and South America. Members of this genus have a pointed bill and a long tail; males are black and yellow or orange with white markings, with females being duller.

<==Icterus Brisson 1760 [incl. Xanthornus Pallas 1769; Xanthorninae] B94
    |  i. s.: I. giraudi S18
    |         I. northropi HSS13
    |         I. sclateri FS55
    |--+--+--I. parisorum JF06
    |  |  `--+--I. chrysater JF06
    |  |     `--I. graduacauda JF06
    |  `--+--I. leucopteryx JT12
    |     `--+--+--I. auratus JT12
    |        |  `--+--I. gularis JF06
    |        |     `--I. nigrogularis JF06
    |        `--+--+--I. abeillei JT12 [=I. bullockii abeillei R70]
    |           |  `--I. galbula JT12
    |           `--+--I. bullockii JT12 [=I. galbula bullockii R70; incl. I. bullockii parvus van Rossem 1945 R70]
    |              `--I. pustulatus JT12
    `--+--I. maculialatus BKB15
       `--+--+--I. mesomelas BKB15
          |  |    |--I. m. mesomelas S18
          |  |    `--I. m. salvinii S18
          |  `--+--I. croconotus BKB15
          |     |--+--I. graceannae JF06
          |     |  `--I. pectoralis JF06
          |     `--+--I. icterus JF06
          |        |    |--I. i. icterus L81
          |        |    `--I. i. ridgwayi L81
          |        `--I. jamacaii JF06 [=I. icterus jamacaii L81]
          `--+--I. wagleri JF06
             `--+--+--I. cucullatus BKB15
                |  `--+--I. prosthemelas BKB15
                |     `--+--I. fuertesi BKB15
                |        `--I. spurius BKB15
                `--+--I. laudabilis BKB15
                   `--+--I. oberi BKB15
                      `--+--+--I. auricapillus BKB15
                         |  `--I. dominicensis JT12
                         `--+--I. bonana BKB15
                            `--+--I. cayanensis BKB15
                               `--I. chrysocephalus BKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[HSS13] Hirschfeld, E., A. Swash & R. Still. 2013. The World's Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press: Princeton (New Jersey).

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[R70] Rising, J. D. 1970. Morphological variation and evolution in some North American orioles. Systematic Zoology 19 (4): 315–351.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

Quiscalus

Female great-tailed grackles Quiscalus mexicanus, copyright Linda Tanner.


Belongs within: Icteridae.

Quiscalus, the grackles, are a genus of gregarious, omnivorous birds found in southern North America and northern South America. Members of the genus have long wedge-shaped tails; males have iridescent black plumage whereas females are rusty brown.

<==Quiscalus Vieillot 1816 (see below for synonymy) B94
    |  i. s.: Q. aequatorialis SS66
    |         ‘Cassidix’ orizivora S18
    |           |--C. o. orizivora S18
    |           `--C. o. violea S18
    |--Q. palustris BKB15 [=Cassidix palustris FP64]
    |--Q. quiscula JF06
    |    |--Q. q. quiscula [incl. Q. quiscula stonei] YS68
    |    `--Q. q. versicolor [incl. Q. quiscula ridgwayi] YS68
    `--+--Q. lugubris BKB15
       |    |--Q. l. lugubris L81
       |    `--Q. l. fortirostris L81
       `--+--Q. nicaraguensis BKB15 [=Cassidix nicaraguensis FP64]
          `--+--Q. niger BKB15
             `--+--Q. major JF06
                `--Q. mexicanus JF06 [=Cassidix mexicanus FP64]

Quiscalus Vieillot 1816 [incl. Cassidix Lesson 1831, Chalcophanes Wagler 1827; Chalcophaninae, Quiscalinae] B94

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[YS68] Yang, S. Y., & R. K. Selander. 1968. Hybridization in the grackle Quiscalus quiscula in Louisiana. Systematic Zoology 17 (2): 107–143.

Sporophila

Marsh seedeater Sporophila palustris, copyright Cristian Andrei.


Belongs within: Thraupidae.

Sporophila, the seedeaters, is a genus of finch-like birds found in the Neotropical region. Members of this genus have a distinctly short and stubby bill with a strongly curved culmen.

<==Sporophila Cabanis 1827 [incl. Spermophila Swainson 1827; Spermophilinae, Sporophilinae] B94
    |--S. torqueola BKB15
    `--+--+--+--S. plumbea BKB15
       |  |  `--+--S. falcirostris JT12
       |  |     `--S. schistacea BKB15 [=S. grisea schistacea S18]
       |  `--+--Dolospingus fringilloides BKB15
       |     `--+--S. leucoptera BKB15
       |        `--+--S. collaris BKB15
       |           `--+--S. luctuosa BKB15
       |              `--+--S. caerulescens JT12 [=Spermophila caerulescens SS66]
       |                 `--S. nigricollis JT12 [=Spermophila nigricollis SS66]
       `--+--+--S. intermedia BKB15
          |  `--+--S. americana JT12
          |     `--S. corvina JT12
          `--+--+--S. castaneiventris BKB15 [=Spermophila castaneiventris SS66]
             |  `--S. telasco JT12
             `--+--S. minuta JT12
               `--+--S. bouvreuil BKB15
                  `--+--+--S. hypoxantha BKB15
                     |  `--S. palustris BKB15
                     `--+--+--S. cinnamomea BKB15
                        |  `--S. melanogaster JT12
                        `--+--S. nigrorufa BKB15
                           `--+--S. hypochroma JT12
                              `--S. ruficollis JT12

Sporophila incertae sedis:
  S. albogularis JT12
  S. ardesiaca JT12
  S. aurita A61
  S. bouvronides JT12 [=Spermophila bouvronides SS66]
  S. frontalis JT12
  S. gutturalis S18
  S. lineola JT12 [=Spermophila lineola SS66]
  S. melanops JT12
  S. morelleti FS55
    |--S. m. morelleti FS55
    `--S. m. mutanda FS55
  S. murallae JT12
  ‘Spermophila’ ocellata Sclater & Salvin 1866 SS66
  S. peruviana JT12
  S. saturata MS55
  ‘Spermophila’ semicollaris SS66
  S. simplex JT12
  S. zelichi JF06

Sporophila Cabanis 1827 [incl. Spermophila Swainson 1827; Spermophilinae, Sporophilinae]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A61] Austin, O. L., Jr. 1961. Birds of the World: A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Paul Hamlyn: London.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[MS55] Mertens, R., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Die im Senckenberg-Museum vorhandenen Arten ausgestorbener, aussterbender oder seltener Vögel. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3–4): 241–265.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

Thraupidae

White-winged shrike-tanager Lanio versicolor, copyright Andre Grassi.


Belongs within: Passeroidea.
Contains: Dacnis, Ramphocelus, Conirostrum, Sicalis, Diglossa, Sporophila, Saltator, Tangara, Poospiza, Thlypopsis.

The Thraupidae, tanagers, are a diverse, mostly Neotropical, group of birds primarily associated by molecular data. In the past, the family has been recognised as an assemblage of mostly brightly coloured, frugivorous or nectarivorous birds; however, more recent phylogenetic analyses have indicated that the clade also includes a number of duller-coloured granivorous forms, while some species previously included in the family have been placed elsewhere.

<==Thraupidae [Coerebidae, Dacninae, Tanagrinae, Thraupinae, Thraupini]
    |--+--+--+--Dacnis BKB15
    |  |  |  `--Tersina Vieillot 1819 JT12, B94 (see below for synonymy)
    |  |  |       |--‘Procnias’ occidentalis SS66b
    |  |  |       `--T. viridis JF06
    |  |  `--Cyanerpes JT12
    |  |       |--+--C. caeruleus BKB15
    |  |       |  `--C. cyaneus BKB15
    |  |       `--+--C. lucidus BKB15
    |  |          `--C. nitidus JT12
    |  `--+--+--Conothraupis BKB15
    |     |  |    |--C. mesoleuca JT12
    |     |  |    `--C. speculigera JF06
    |     |  `--+--Volatinia jacarina BKB15
    |     |     |    |--V. j. jacarina FS55
    |     |     |    |--V. j. atronitens FS55
    |     |     |    `--V. j. splendens S18
    |     |     `--+--+--+--Coryphospingus BKB15
    |     |        |  |  |    |--C. cucullatus JF06
    |     |        |  |  |    `--C. pileatus JT12
    |     |        |  |  `--+--Rhodospingus cruentus JT12
    |     |        |  |     `--+--‘Tachyphonus’ cristatus JT12
    |     |        |  |        `--+--‘Tachyphonus’ luctuosus JT12
    |     |        |  |           `--‘Tachyphonus’ rufiventer JT12
    |     |        |  `--+--‘Tachyphonus’ delatrii BKB15
    |     |        |     `--+--+--‘Tachyphonus’ surinamus BKB15
    |     |        |        |  `--+--Trichothraupis melanops BKB15
    |     |        |        |     `--Eucometis JT12
    |     |        |        |          |--E. cristata S18
    |     |        |        |          `--E. penicillata JT12
    |     |        |        `--Lanio BKB15
    |     |        |             |--L. versicolor JT12
    |     |        |             |    |--L. v. versicolor C88
    |     |        |             |    `--L. v. parvus C88
    |     |        |             `--+--L. fulvus JT12
    |     |        |                |    |--L. f. fulvus C88
    |     |        |                |    `--L. f. peruvianus C88
    |     |        |                `--+--L. aurantius JT12
    |     |        |                   `--L. leucothorax JT12
    |     |        `--+--Ramphocelus BKB15
    |     |           `--Tachyphonus Vieillot 1816 BKB15, B94 [Tachyphoninae]
    |     |                |--T. phoenicius JT12
    |     |                `--+--T. coronatus JT12
    |     |                   `--T. rufus JT12
    |     `--+--+--Conirostrum BKB15
    |        |  `--+--+--Sicalis BKB15
    |        |     |  `--+--+--Melanodera melanodera BKB15
    |        |     |     |  `--+--‘Phrygilus’ atriceps BKB15
    |        |     |     |     `--+--‘Phrygilus’ gayi BKB15
    |        |     |     |        `--‘Phrygilus’ patagonicus BKB15
    |        |     |     `--+--Melanodera xanthogramma BKB15
    |        |     |        `--+--Rowettia goughensis BKB15
    |        |     |           `--Nesospiza BKB15
    |        |     |                |--N. acunhae JT12
    |        |     |                |--N. questi JT12
    |        |     |                `--N. wilkinsi JT12
    |        |     `--+--Diglossa BKB15
    |        |        `--+--+--Xenodacnis parina BKB15
    |        |           |  `--+--Idiopsar brachyurus JT12
    |        |           |     `--‘Phrygilus’ dorsalis JT12
    |        |           `--+--Catamenia BKB15
    |        |              |    |--C. analis JT12
    |        |              |    |--C. analoides Scl66a
    |        |              |    |--C. homochroa JT12
    |        |              |    `--C. inornata JF06
    |        |              `--+--+--‘Phrygilus’ plebejus BKB15
    |        |                 |  `--‘Phrygilus’ unicolor BKB15
    |        |                 `--Haplospiza Cabanis 1851 JT12, B94 [Haplospizinae]
    |        |                      |--H. unicolor JT12
    |        |                      `--+--H. rustica JT12
    |        |                         `--Acanthidops bairdii JT12
    |        `--+--Oryzoborus Cabanis 1851 BKB15, B94
    |           |    |  i. s.: O. atrirostris JT12
    |           |    |         O. nuttingi JT12
    |           |    |         O. torridus SS66a
    |           |    |--+--O. angolensis JT12
    |           |    |  `--O. funereus JT12
    |           |    `--+--O. crassirostris JT12
    |           |       `--O. maximiliani JT12
    |           `--Sporophila BKB15
    `--+--+--Sericossypha albocristata BKB15
       |  `--+--+--+--Iridophanes pulcherrimus BKB15 [=Tangara pulcherrima JF06]
       |     |  |  `--Chlorophanes JT12
       |     |  |       |--C. atricapilla SS66a
       |     |  |       `--C. spiza JF06
       |     |  |            |--C. s. spiza S18
       |     |  |            `--C. s. guatemalensis S18
       |     |  `--+--Parkerthraustes humeralis BKB15
       |     |     `--+--Heterospingus BKB15
       |     |        |    |--H. rubrifrons JT12
       |     |        |    `--H. xanthopygius JF06
       |     |        `--+--Chrysothlypis BKB15
       |     |           |    |--C. chrysomelas JT12
       |     |           |    `--C. salmoni JT12
       |     |           `--Hemithraupis Cabanis 1850 BKB15, B94 [Hemithraupinae]
       |     |                |--H. flavicollis JF06
       |     |                |--H. guira JT12
       |     |                `--H. ruficapilla JT12
       |     `--+--Phrygilus BKB15
       |        |    |  i. s.: P. erythronotus JT12
       |        |    |         P. geospizopsis Scl66b
       |        |    |         P. punensis JT12
       |        |    |--P. fruticeti BKB15
       |        |    `--+--Porphyrospiza caerulescens BKB15
       |        |       `--+--P. alaudinus JT12
       |        |          `--P. carbonarius JT12
       |        `--+--+--Rhodinocichla Hartlaub 1853 BKB15, B94 [Rhodinocichlinae]
       |           |  |    `--R. rosea A61
       |           |  |         |--R. r. rosea S18
       |           |  |         `--R. r. eximia S18
       |           |  `--+--Embernagra BKB15
       |           |     |    |--E. longicauda JT12
       |           |     |    `--E. platensis JF06
       |           |     `--Emberizoides JT12
       |           |          |--E. duidae JT12
       |           |          |--E. herbicola JT12
       |           |          `--E. ypiranganus JT12
       |           `--+--Nemosia Vieillot 1816 BKB15, B945 [Nemosiinae]
       |              |    |--N. fulvescens [incl. N. fulviceps] SS66a
       |              |    |--N. guira SS66a
       |              |    |--N. pileata JF06
       |              |    |--N. rourei JT12
       |              |    `--N. sordida SS66a
       |              `--Saltator BKB15 [Saltatorinae]
       `--+--+--+--Coereba Vieillot 1808 BKB15, B94 (see below for synonymy)
          |  |  |       |--*C. flaveola (Linnaeus 1758) [=Certhia flaveola, Nectarinia flaveola] B94
          |  |  |       `--C. mexicana S18
          |  |  `--+--‘Tiaris’ olivaceus BKB15
          |  |     |    |--T. o. olivaceus S18
          |  |     |    `--T. o. pusilla S18
          |  |     `--+--+--Euneornis Fitzinger 1856 BKB15, B94 (see below for synonymy)
          |  |        |  |    `--E. campestris JF06
          |  |        |  `--+--Melopyrrha nigra BKB15
          |  |        |     `--Loxigilla BKB15
          |  |        |          |--L. barbadensis JT12
          |  |        |          |--L. portoricensis JF06
          |  |        |          |    |--L. p. portoricensis FP64
          |  |        |          |    `--L. p. grandis FP64
          |  |        |          `--L. violacea JF06
          |  |        `--+--Loxipasser anoxanthus BKB15
          |  |           `--+--‘Loxigilla’ noctis BKB15
          |  |              `--+--‘Tiaris’ canorus BKB15
          |  |                 |--+--‘Amaurospiza’ moesta BKB15
          |  |                 |  `--+--Melanospiza richardsoni BKB15
          |  |                 |     `--‘Tiaris’ bicolor JT12
          |  |                 `--+--‘Geospiza’ fortis BKB15
          |  |                    `--Tiaris BKB15
          |  |                         |--T. fuliginosus JT12
          |  |                         `--T. obscurus JT12
          |  `--+--+--Stephanophorus diadematus BKB15
          |     |  `--+--+--Diuca BKB15
          |     |     |  |    |--D. diuca JT12
          |     |     |  |    `--D. speculifera JT12
          |     |     |  `--+--Neothraupis fasciata JT12      
          |     |     |     `--Lophospingus BKB15
          |     |     |          |--L. griseocristatus JT12
          |     |     |          `--L. pusillus JT12
          |     |     `--+--Gubernatrix cristata BKB15
          |     |        `--+--+--Schistochlamys JT12
          |     |           |  |    |--S. melanopis JF06
          |     |           |  |    `--S. ruficapillus JT12
          |     |           |  `--Cissopis Vieillot 1816 JT12, B94 [Cissopinae]
          |     |           |       |--C. leverianus JT12
          |     |           |       `--C. media SS66a
          |     |           `--Paroaria JT12
          |     |                |  i. s.: P. cucullata WBSJ82
          |     |                |--P. dominicana JT12
          |     |                `--+--P. gularis BKB15
          |     |                   `--+--P. baeri BKB15
          |     |                     `--+--P. capitata BKB15
          |     |                        `--P. coronata BKB15
          |     `--+--+--Tangara BKB15
          |        |  `--Chlorochrysa BKB15
          |        |       |--C. phoenicotis JT12
          |        |       `--+--C. calliparaea JT12
          |        |          `--C. nitidissima JT12
          |        `--+--+--Calochaetes coccineus BKB15
          |           |  `--+--+--Chlorornis riefferii BKB15
          |           |     |  `--+--‘Saltator’ rufiventris JT12
          |           |     |     `--+--Delothraupis castaneoventris JT12
          |           |     |        `--Dubusia taeniata JT12
          |           |     `--+--+--‘Thraupis’ cyanocephala BKB15
          |           |        |  `--Buthraupis BKB15
          |           |        |       |--B. montana JT12
          |           |        |       `--+--B. aureodorsalis JT12
          |           |        |          `--B. eximia JT12
          |           |        `--Anisognathus BKB15
          |           |             |--+--A. melanogenys BKB15
          |           |             |  `--+--A. igniventris JT12
          |           |             |     `--A. lacrymosus JT12
          |           |             `--+--‘Buthraupis’ wetmorei BKB15
          |           |                `--+--A. notabilis BKB15
          |           |                   `--+--A. flavinuchus BKB15
          |           |                      `--A. somptuosus BKB15
          |           `--+--+--‘Thraupis’ bonariensis BKB15
          |              |  `--Pipraeidea melanonota JT12
          |              `--+--Iridosornis JT12
          |                 |    |--+--I. analis JT12
          |                 |    |  `--I. porphyrocephalus JT12
          |                 |    `--+--I. jelskii JT12
          |                 |       `--+--I. reinhardti JT12
          |                 |          `--I. rufivertex JT12
          |                 `--+--Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron JT12
          |                    `--Bangsia JT12
          |                         |--B. arcaei JT12
          |                         `--+--+--B. aureocincta JT12
          |                            |  `--B. edwardsi JT12
          |                            `--+--B. melanochlamys JT12
          |                               `--B. rothschildi JT12
          `--+--Creurgops BKB15
             |    |--C. dentatus JT12
             |    `--C. verticalis JF06
             `--+--+--‘Hemispingus’ verticalis BKB15
                |  `--‘Hemispingus’ xanthophthalmus JT12
                |--+--‘Poospiza’ hispaniolensis BKB15
                |  `--+--‘Poospiza’ nigrorufa BKB15
                |     |--‘Poospiza’ whitii JT12
                |     `--+--‘Poospiza’ boliviana JT12
                |        `--‘Poospiza’ ornata JT12
                `--+--+--Cnemoscopus rubrirostris BKB15
                   |  `--+--‘Hemispingus’ rufosuperciliaris JT12
                   |     `--Compsospiza BKB15
                   |          |--C. baeri JT12
                   |          `--C. garleppi JT12
                   `--+--Hemispingus BKB15
                      |    |  i. s.: H. goeringi JT12
                      |    |         H. ochraceus JT12
                      |    |         H. reyi JT12
                      |    |--+--H. atropileus JT12
                      |    |  `--H. auricularis JT12
                      |    `--+--H. calophrys JT12
                      |       `--H. parodii JT12
                      `--+--+--+--Poospiza BKB15
                         |  |  `--Nephelornis Lowery & Tallman 1976 JT12, B94 [Nephelornithinae]
                         |  |       `--N. oneilli JF06
                         |  `--+--Cypsnagra hirundinacea JT12
                         |     `--+--+--‘Poospiza’ caesar BKB15
                         |        |  `--‘Poospiza’ hypochondria BKB15
                         |        `--Donacospiza albifrons JT12
                         `--+--+--‘Hemispingus’ piurae JT12
                            |  `--+--‘Hemispingus’ frontalis JT12
                            |     `--‘Hemispingus’ melanotis JT12
                            `--Thlypopsis JT12

Thraupidae incertae sedis:
  Compsothraupis Richmond 1915 [incl. Lamprotes Swainson 1837; Lamprotinae] B94
    `--C. loricata JT12
  Aglaia Swainson 1827 B94
    `--*A. tatao [=Tanagra tatao] B94
  Certhiola luteola SS66a
  Spodiornis Sclater 1866 S66b
    `--*S. jardinii Sclater 1866 S66b
  Orchesticus abeillei JT12
  Orthogonys chloricterus JT12
  Cyanicterus cyanicterus JT12

Coereba Vieillot 1808 BKB15, B94 [=Caereba (l. c.) B94; incl. Arbelorhina Cabanis 1847 B94; Arbelorhinidae, Coerebinae, Coerebini]

Euneornis Fitzinger 1856 BKB15, B94 [incl. Glossiptila Sclater 1857 B94; Euneornithinae, Glossiptilinae]

Tersina Vieillot 1819 JT12, B94 [incl. Procnias Temminck 1820 non Illiger 1811 B94; Procniatidae, Tersininae]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A61] Austin, O. L., Jr. 1961. Birds of the World: A survey of the twenty-seven orders and one hundred and fifty-five families. Paul Hamlyn: London.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[C88] Cracraft, J. 1988. Deep-history biogeography: retrieving the historical pattern of evolving continental biotas. Systematic Zoology 37 (3): 221–236.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[S66a] Sclater, P. L. 1866a. On the birds in the vicinity of Lima, Peru. With notes on their habits, by Prof. W. Nation, of Lima, C. M. Z. S. (Part I.) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 96–100.

[S66b] Sclater, P. L. 1866b. Descriptions of six new species of American Oscines. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 320–324.

[SS66a] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866a. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SS66b] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866b. On some additions to the catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Ucayali. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 566–567.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[WBSJ82] Wild Bird Society of Japan. 1982. A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan. Kodansha International Ltd.: Tokyo.

Tangara

Green-headed tanager Tangara seledon, copyright Lindolfo Souto.


Belongs within: Thraupidae.
Contains: Thraupis.

Tangara is a diverse genus of small tanagers, widespread in the Neotropical region, showing a wide range of bright colour patterns. They feed on a combination of fruit and insects, the latter mostly gleaned off vegetation.

<==Tangara Brisson 1760 [incl. Calliste Boie 1826, Tanagrella Swainson 1838; Callistinae, Tanagrellinae, Tangarinae] B94
    |  i. s.: ‘Calliste’ boliviana SS66
    |         T. cabanisi JT12
    |         T. gyroloides S18
    |         R. peruviana JT12
    |         T. phillipsi JT12
    |         T. rufigenis JT12
    |         ‘Calliste’ yeni SS66
    |--+--+--T. vassorii BKB15
    |  |  `--+--T. nigroviridis JF06
    |  |     `--+--T. dowii JF06
    |  |        `--T. fucosa JF06
    |  `--+--Thraupis BKB15
    |     `--+--+--+--T. larvata BKB15 [=T. nigrocincta larvata L81]
    |        |  |  |    |--T. l. larvata S18
    |        |  |  |    `--T. l. fanny S18
    |        |  |  `--+--T. cyanicollis BKB15
    |        |  |     `--T. nigrocincta BKB15
    |        |  `--+--T. palmeri BKB15
    |        |     `--+--T. varia BKB15
    |        |        `--+--T. rufigula JT12
    |        |           `--+--T. punctata BKB15
    |        |              `--+--T. guttata BKB15
    |        |                 `--T. xanthogastra BKB15 [=Calliste xanthogastra SS66]
    |        `--+--+--T. preciosa BKB15
    |           |  `--+--T. meyerdeschauenseei JT12
    |           |     `--+--T. cayana BKB15
    |           |        `--+--T. cucullata BKB15
    |           |           `--T. vitriolina BKB15
    |           `--+--T. ruficervix BKB15
    |              `--+--T. cyanoptera BKB15
    |                 `--+--T. viridicollis BKB15
    |                    `--+--T. argyrofenges JF06
    |                       `--T. heinei JF06
    `--+--T. labradorides JT12
       `--+--+--+--T. chrysotis JF06
          |  |  `--T. xanthocephala BKB15
          |  `--+--+--T. arthus BKB15
          |     |  `--+--T. florida JF06
          |     |     `--T. icterocephala JF06
          |     `--+--T. johannae BKB15
          |        `--+--T. parzudakii BKB15
          |           `--T. schrankii BKB15 [=Calliste schranki SS66]
          `--+--+--+--T. inornata JF06
             |  |  `--T. mexicana JF06
             |  `--+--T. chilensis JF06
             |     `--+--T. callophrys JF06
             |        `--T. velia JF06
             `--+--+--T. cyanotis BKB15
                |  `--+--T. gyrola BKB15
                |     `--T. lavinia JF06
                `--+--+--T. fastuosa JF06
                   |  `--T. seledon JF06
                   `--+--T. cyanocephala JF06
                      `--+--T. cyanoventris JT12
                         `--T. desmaresti JF06

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

Mimidae

Brown-backed mockingbirds Mimus dorsalis, copyright Ron Knight.


Belongs within: Muscicapoidea.

The Mimidae, mockingbirds and thrashers, are medium-sized thrush-like birds found in the New World. They have short wings, a long tail and long legs, and are usually dull in coloration (Internet Bird Collection).

<==Mimidae
    |--+--Melanotis JF06
    |  |    |--M. caerulescens JF06
    |  |    |--M. hypoleucus BKB15
    |  |    `--M. longicaudatus JT12
    |  `--+--Melanoptila glabirostris BKB15
    |     `--+--Dumetella carolinensis BKB15
    |        `--+--Ramphocinclus brachyurus JT12
    |           |    |--R. b. brachyurus FP64
    |           |    `--R. b. sanctaeluciae FP64
    |           `--+--Allenia fusca BKB15 [=Margarops fuscus JT12]
    |              |    |--A. f. fusca L03
    |              |    `--‘Margarops fuscus’ atlanticus Buden 1993 L03
    |              `--+--Margarops fuscatus JT12
    |                 `--Cinclocerthia Gray 1840 JT12, OF05 [incl. Orphanopsar Hachikusa 1953 OF05]
    |                      |--C. gutturalis (Lafresnaye 1843) OF05 (see below for synonymy)
    |                      |--C. macrorhyncha Sclater 1866 OF05
    |                      |--C. ruficauda Gould 1836 OF05
    |                      |    |--C. r. ruficauda OF05
    |                      |    `--C. r. tenebrosa Ridgway 1904 OF05 [incl. C. walteri Thayer 1925 L03]
    |                      `--C. tremula (Lafresnaye 1843) OF05 [=C. ruficauda tremula MS55]
    |                           |--C. t. tremula OF05
    |                           `--C. t. pavida Ridgway 1904 OF05
    `--+--Toxostoma Wagler 1831 JF06, B94 [Toxostomidae]
       |    |  i. s.: T. dorsale FP64
       |    |--+--+--T. bendirei JT12
       |    |  |  `--T. cinereum JT12
       |    |  `--+--T. redivivum JT12
       |    |     `--+--T. crissale JT12
       |    |        `--T. lecontei Lawrence 1851 JT12, L03
       |    `--+--T. ocellatum JT12
       |       `--+--T. curvirostre JT12
       |          |    |--T. c. curvirostre L03
       |          |    `--T. c. palmeri (Ridgway ex Coues 1872) [=Harporhynchus curvirostris var. palmeri] L03
       |          `--+--T. guttatum BKB15
       |             `--+--T. longirostre BKB15
       |                `--T. rufum BKB15
       `--+--Oreoscoptes montanus JF06
          `--Mimus Boie 1826 JF06, B94
               |  i. s.: M. leucospilos S66
               |--M. gundlachii BKB15
               `--+--+--+--M. macdonaldi BKB15
                  |  |  `--M. melanotis JT12
                  |  `--+--M. parvulus JT12
                  |     `--M. trifasciatus JT12
                  `--+--+--M. longicaudatus Tschudi 1844 BKB15, L03
                     |  |    |--M. l. longicaudatus [incl. M. nigriloris Lawrence 1871] L03
                     |  |    `--M. l. platensis Chapman 1924 L03
                     |  `--+--M. graysoni JT12
                     |     `--+--M. gilvus JT12
                     |        |    |--M. g. gilvus L03
                     |        |    |--M. g. antillarum Hellmayr & Seilern 1915 L03
                     |        |    |--M. g. melanopterus Lawrence 1849 L03
                     |        |    |--M. g. tobagensis Dalmas 1900 L03
                     |        |    `--M. g. tolimensis L81
                     |        `--M. polyglottos JT12
                     |             |--M. p. polyglottos L81
                     |             `--M. p. orpheus L81
                     `--+--+--M. patagonicus BKB15
                        |  `--M. thenca JT12
                        `--+--M. saturninus JT12
                           |    |--M. s. saturninus L03
                           |    `--M. s. arenaceus Chapman 1890 L03
                           `--+--M. dorsalis JT12
                              `--M. triurus JT12

Mimidae incertae sedis:
  Myiadestes genibarbis MS55
    |--M. g. genibarbis MS55
    `--M. g. sibilans MS55
  Mimocichla MS55
    |--M. plumbea MS55
    |    |--M. p. plumbea MS55
    |    `--M. p. coryi MS55
    `--M. rubripes MS55
         |--M. r. rubripes MS55
         `--M. r. eremita MS55
  Nesomimus trifasciatus L03
    |--N. t. trifasciatus L03
    |--N. t. barringtoni Rothschild 1898 [=N. carringtoni, N. parvulus barringtoni] L03
    |--N. t. bauri Ridgway 1894 [=N. parvulus bauri] L03
    |--N. t. hulli Rothschild 1898 [=N. parvulus hulli] L03
    |--N. t. melanotis (Gould 1837) [incl. N. adamsi Ridgway 1894] L03
    |--N. t. personatus Ridgway 1890 [=N. parvulus personatus; incl. N. bindloei Ridgway 1894] L03
    `--N. t. parvulus (Gould 1837) [incl. N. affinis Rothschild 1898] L03

Cinclocerthia gutturalis (Lafresnaye 1843) OF05 [=Ramphocinclus gutturalis OF05, C. ruficauda gutturalis MS55; incl. Necropsar leguati Forbes 1898 OF05, *Orphanopsar leguati OF05]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.

[L81] Long, J. L. 1981. Introduced Birds of the World: The worldwide history, distribution and influence of birds introduced to new environments. Reed: Sydney.

[MS55] Mertens, R., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Die im Senckenberg-Museum vorhandenen Arten ausgestorbener, aussterbender oder seltener Vögel. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3–4): 241–265.

[OF05] Olson, S. L., R. C. Fleischer, C. T. Fisher & E. Bermingham. 2005. Expunging the 'Mascarene starling' Necropsar leguati: archives, morphology and molecules topple a myth. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125 (1): 31–42.

[S66] Sclater, P. L. 1866. On the birds in the vicinity of Lima, Peru. With notes on their habits, by Prof. W. Nation, of Lima, C. M. Z. S. (Part I.) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 96–100.