Saltatricula
Genus of birds
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Saltatricula is a genus of South American seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
| Saltatricula | |
|---|---|
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| Many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Saltatricula Burmeister, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Saltatricula multicolor Burmeister, 1861 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Saltatricula was introduced in 1861 by the German naturalist Hermann Burmeister with the many-colored Chaco finch as the type species.[1][2] The name is a Latin diminutive of the genus Saltator that had been introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.[3]
The black-throated saltator was formerly included in the genus Saltator. It was moved Saltatricula based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 that found that the black-throated saltator was genetically distinct from the other members of the genus Saltator but was instead closely related to the many-colored Chaco finch.[4][5]
The genus contains two species.[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Many-colored Chaco finch
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Saltatricula multicolor (Burmeister, 1860) |
Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-throated saltator
|
Saltatricula atricollis (Vieillot, 1817) |
Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
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