Poospiza

Belongs within: Thraupidae.

Poospiza, the warbling finches, is a genus of finch-like tanagers that mostly feed arboreally in light woodland and scrub.

<==Poospiza Cabanis 1847 [Poospizinae]RJ11
    |  i. s.: P. cabanisi Bonaparte 1850RJ11
    |         P. caesar Sclater & Salvin 1869AP21, RJ11 [=Poospizopsis caesarRJ11]
    |         P. hypocondria (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)AP21, RJ11 [=Emberiza hypocondriaRJ11, P. hypochondria (l. c.)RJ11]
    |           |--P. h. hypocondriaRJ11
    |           `--P. h. affinis Berlepsch 1906RJ11
    |         P. rubecula Salvin 1895RJ11
    |         P. thoracica (Nordmann 1835) [=Fringilla thoracica]RJ11
    |--+--P. hispaniolensis Bonaparte 1850BKB15, RJ11
    |  `--+--P. nigrorufa (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)BKB15, RJ11 [=Emberiza nigrorufaRJ11]
    |     |    |--P. n. nigrorufaRJ11
    |     |    `--P. n. wagneri Stolzmann 1926RJ11
    |     |--P. whitii Sclater 1883JT12, RJ11 [=P. nigrorufa whitiiRJ11]
    |     `--+--P. boliviana Sharpe 1888AP21, RJ11
    |        `--P. ornata (Leybold 1865)JT12, RJ11 [=Phrygilus ornatusRJ11]
    `--+--P. lateralis (Nordmann 1835)JT12, RJ11 [=Fringilla lateralisRJ11]
       `--+--P. torquata (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837)JT12, RJ11 [=Emberiza torquataRJ11]
          |    |--P. t. torquataRJ11
          |    `--P. t. pectoralis Todd 1922RJ11
          `--+--P. erythrophrys Sclater 1881JT12, RJ11
             |    |--P. e. erythrophrysRJ11
             |    `--P. e. cochabambae Gyldenstolpe 1941RJ11
             `--+--P. alticola Salvin 1895JT12, RJ11
                `--+--P. cinerea Bonaparte 1850JT12, RJ11
                   `--P. melanoleuca (d’Oribgny & Lafresnaye 1837)JT12, RJ11 [=Emberiza melanoleucaRJ11]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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

[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.

[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.

[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.