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Tachyphonus
''Tachyphonus'' is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the white-lined tanager as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek words ''takhus'' "fast" and ''phōneō '' "to speak". Taxonomy A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family published in 2014 indicated that the genus as defined here is polyphyletic and paraphyletic relative to ''Lanio'' and ''Rhodospingus''. The genus includes 5 species: References Tachyphonus, Bird genera {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-lined Tanager
The white-lined tanager (''Tachyphonus rufus'') is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina and on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. Taxonomy The white-lined tanager was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779 in his ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'' from specimens collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The female bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name ''Tangara rufa'' in his catalogue of the ''Planches Enluminées''. The white-lined tanager is now placed in the genus '' Tachyphonus'' and was introduced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulvous-crested Tanager
The fulvous-crested tanager (''Tachyphonus surinamus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The fulvous-crested tanager is found in the entire Amazon Basin, but only the downstream third of the southern half, in the southeast and southwest. The species ranges into the Guianas in the northeast, and the Orinoco River drainage of Venezuela in the northwest; for its range limit, it is not found in the western or northern regions of the Orinoco drainage. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the fulvous-crested tanager in the supplement to his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected Suriname. He used the French name ''Le merle de Surinam'' and the Latin name ''Merula surinamensis''. The two stars (**) at the start of the paragraph indicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachyphonus Coronatus
The ruby-crowned tanager (''Tachyphonus coronatus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae found in the southern areas of Brazil and the Atlantic Forest. Description The ruby-crowned tanager is a small bird, long, weighing . Males are shining black with concealed red crests on the front of their head that they rarely raise, usually when excited, and white wingpits that are visible only when flying. Females are light brown, with slight black streaking under the throat and darker wings. Both sexes possess conical bills and black legs and feet. Distribution and habitat Ruby-crowned tanagers have a large range, occupying most of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Diet Ruby-crowned tanagers eat lots of fruit and insects, as well as seeds. They sometimes pursue swarms of army ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachyphonus Surinamus
The fulvous-crested tanager (''Tachyphonus surinamus'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The fulvous-crested tanager is found in the entire Amazon Basin, but only the downstream third of the southern half, in the southeast and southwest. The species ranges into the Guianas in the northeast, and the Orinoco River drainage of Venezuela in the northwest; for its range limit, it is not found in the western or northern regions of the Orinoco drainage. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the fulvous-crested tanager in the supplement to his ''Ornithologie'' based on a specimen collected Suriname. He used the French name ''Le merle de Surinam'' and the Latin name ''Merula surinamensis''. The two stars (**) at the start of the paragraph indicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thraupidae
The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family (biology), family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropical birds. Traditionally, the family contained around 240 species of mostly brightly colored fruit-eating birds. As more of these birds were studied using modern molecular techniques, it became apparent that the traditional families were not monophyletic. ''Euphonia'' and ''Chlorophonia'', which were once considered part of the tanager family, are now treated as members of the Fringillidae, in their own subfamily (Euphoniinae). Likewise, the genera ''Piranga'' (which includes the scarlet tanager, summer tanager, and western tanager), ''Chlorothraupis'', and ''Habia (bird), Habia'' appear to be members of the family Cardinalidae, and have been reassigned to that family by the American Ornithological Society. Description T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachyphonus Delatrii
The tawny-crested tanager (''Tachyphonus delatrii'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is ...s, and heavily degraded former forest. An analysis of measurements taken from more than 200 adult specimens showed positive relationships between latitude and four morphological characters: wing length, tail length, bill length and bill width. References tawny-crested tanager Birds of Nicaragua Birds of Costa Rica Birds of Panama Birds of Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena tawny-crested tanager Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachyphonus Phoenicius
The red-shouldered tanager (''Tachyphonus phoenicius'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo .... References red-shouldered tanager Birds of the Amazon rainforest Birds of the Colombian Amazon Birds of the Venezuelan Amazon red-shouldered tanager red-shouldered tanager Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by William Swainson {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
