Genus: Conothraupis
Description
Two species from South America.
Both are dimorphic. The males have a black-and-white plumage, the females are greenish.
Taxonomy
Conothraupis is a genus in the family Thraupidae.
May be close to the genus Sporophila (which was formerly placed in Emberizidae.
Cone-billed Tanager has also been placed in its own monotpyic genus Rhynchothraupis.
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| C. speculigera | Black-and-white Tanager | ||
| C. mesoleuca | Cone-billed Tanager | ||
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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Conothraupis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Conothraupis
Pages in category ‘Conothraupis’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
