Coryphospingus

Coryphospingus
	Red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Coryphospingus; Cabanis, 1851
Type species
	Fringilla cristata = Fringilla cucullata; Gmelin, 1789
Species
	Coryphospingus cucullatus; Coryphospingus pileatus

Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America. Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows.

Taxonomy and species list[edit]

The genus Coryphospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.^[2] The type species was designated as the red pileated finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.^[3]^[4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek koruphē meaning "crown of the head" with spingos meaning "finch".^[5] The genus contains two species.^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Coryphospingus pileatus	Grey pileated finch	Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela
	Coryphospingus cucullatus	Red pileated finch	southern Brazil and northern Argentina

References[edit]

^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ 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. 145.
^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 73.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 210.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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[HM4-1] "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. 145.

[3] Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 73.

[4] Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 210.

[5] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-6] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

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