Cyanocompsa

Belongs within: Cardinalidae.

Cyanocompsa, grosbeaks, is a genus of heavy-billed birds with bright blue plumage in males and brown females.

<==Cyanocompsa Cabanis 1861OB11
    |  i. s.: C. rothschildii (Bartlett 1890)AP21, OB11 [=C. cyanoides rothschildiOB11]
    |--C. parellina (Bonaparte 1850)JT12, OB11 [=Cyanoloxia parellinaOB11, Passerina parellinaOB11]
    |    |--C. p. parellinaOB11
    |    |--C. p. beneplacita Bangs 1915OB11
    |    |--C. p. indigotica (Ridgway 1887)OB11
    |    `--C. p. lucida Sutton & Burleigh 1939OB11
    `--+--Amaurospiza Cabanis 1861JT12, RJ11
       |    |--A. aequatorialis Sharpe 1888AP21, RJ11 [=A. concolor aequatorialisRJ11]
       |    |--A. carrizalensis Lentino & Restall 2003RJ11
       |    |--A. concolor Cabanis 1861RJ11
       |    |    |--A. c. concolor [incl. A. c. grandior]RJ11
       |    |    `--A. c. relicta (Griscom 1934)RJ11
       |    `--A. moesta (Hartlaub 1853)AP21, RJ11 [=Sporophila moestaRJ11]
       `--+--C. cyanoides (Lafresnaye 1847)JT12, OB11 [=Coccoborus cyanoidesOB11, Passerina cyanoidesOB11]
          |    |--C. c. cyanoidesOB11
          |    |--C. c. caerulescens Todd 1923 [incl. Passerina cyanoides toddi]OB11
          |    |--C. c. concreta (du Bus de Gisignies 1855)OB11
          |    `--C. ‘concreta’ cyanescensS18
          `--+--C. brissonii (Lichtenstein 1823)JT12, OB11 [=Fringilla brissoniiOB11, Passerina brissoniiOB11]
             |    |--C. b. brissoniiOB11
             |    |--C. b. argentina (Sharpe 1888)OB11
             |    |--C. b. caucae Chapman 1912OB11
             |    |--C. b. minor Cabanis 1861OB11
             |    `--C. b. sterea Oberholser 1901OB11
             `--Cyanoloxia Bonaparte 1850JT12, OB11
                  `--C. glaucocaerulea (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837) [=Passerina glaucocaerulea]OB11

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[OB11] Orenstein, R. I., & D. Brewer. 2011. Family Cardinalidae (cardinals). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 330–427. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[RJ11] Rising, J. D., A. Jaramillo, J. L. Copete, P. G. Ryan & S. C. Madge. 2011. Family Emberizidae (buntings and New World sparrows). In: Hoyo, J. del, A. Elliott & D. A. Christie (eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World vol. 16. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds pp. 428–683. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.