Genus: Catamblyrhynchus
Description
This genus contains only one species, the Plushcap from South America.
A very distinctive species with a stubby thick bill.
Taxonomy
Catamblyrhynchus is a monotypic genus in the family Thraupidae.
The relationships of this genus are uncertain. It has also been placed in a monotypic family (Catamblyrhynchidae) or within the Emberizidae.
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| C. diadema | Plushcap | ||
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
