Genus: Sericossypha
Description
This genus contains only one species, the distinctive White-capped Tanager.
This is a fairly large, icterid-like Tanager, behaving similar to a Jay.
Taxonomy
Sericossypha is a monotypic genus in the family Thraupidae.
Restall has a note describing uncertainties in the placement of this species. However, molecular-genetic data support the placement in the current family and show that Nemosia is probably a sister-taxon.
Scarlet-throated Tanager is sometimes included in this genus.
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| S. albocristata | White-capped 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
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Sericossypha. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sericossypha
Pages in category ‘Sericossypha’
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