Dubusia is a small genus of mountain tanagers found in South America.
| Dubusia | |
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| Buff-breasted mountain tanager, (Dubusia taeniata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Dubusia Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra selysia[1] = Tanagra taeniata Bonaparte, 1850
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Taxonomy and species list
editThe genus Dubusia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] The name was chosen to honor the Belgian politician and ornithologist Bernard du Bus de Gisignies.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-breasted mountain tanager.[4]
The genus contains four species:[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Buff-breasted mountain tanager | Dubusia taeniata | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
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Carriker's mountain tanager | Dubusia carrikeri | northern Colombia |
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Streak-crowned mountain tanager | Dubusia stictocephala | Peru |
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Chestnut-bellied mountain tanager | Dubusia castaneoventris | Bolivia and Peru |
References
edit- ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 423–424 [424].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 338.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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