Paroaria

Belongs within: Thraupidae.

Paroaria, red-headed cardinals, is a South American genus of granivorous birds with varying amounts of red on the head and white underparts.

<==Paroaria Bonaparte 1832RJ11
    |  i. s.: P. cucullataWBSJ82
    |         P. nigrogenis (Lafresnaye 1846) [=Nemosia nigrogenis, Coccopsis nigrogenis]RJ11
    |--P. dominicana (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, RJ11 [=Loxia dominicanaRJ11]
    `--+--P. gularis (Linnaeus 1766)BKB15, RJ11 [=Tanagra gularisRJ11, Coccopsis gularisRJ11]
       |    |--P. g. gularisRJ11
       |    `--P. g. cervicalis Sclater 1862RJ11
       `--+--P. baeri Hellmayr 1907BKB15, RJ11 [=Coccopsis baeriRJ11]
          |    |--P. b. baeriRJ11
          |    `--P. b. xinguensis Sick 1950RJ11
          `--+--P. capitata (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)BKB15, RJ11 [=Tachyphonus capitatusRJ11, Coccopsis capitataRJ11]
             |    |--P. c. capitataRJ11
             |    `--P. c. fuscipes Bond & Meyer de Schauensee 1939RJ11
             `--P. coronata (Miller 1776)BKB15, RJ11 [=Loxia coronataRJ11]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[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.

[WBSJ82] Wild Bird Society of Japan. 1982. A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan. Kodansha International Ltd.: Tokyo.