Ramphocelus

Belongs within: Thraupidae.

Ramphocelus is a genus of relatively thick-billed tanagers, males of which are intensely coloured in black and red, and often have the basal part of the lower mandible swollen and chalky white (Hilty 2011).

<==Ramphocelus Desmarest 1805 [Ramphocelinae]H11
    |  i. s.: R. jacapaSS66a
    |         R. lucianiS18
    |--R. sanguinolentus (Lesson 1831)JT12, H11 [=Tanagra (Tachyphonus) sanguinolentusH11, Phlogothraupis sanguinolentusH11]
    |    |--R. s. sanguinolentusH11
    |    `--R. s. apricus (Bangs 1908)H11
    `--+--+--+--R. costaricensis Cherrie 1891JT12, H11
       |  |  `--R. passerinii Bonaparte 1831JT12, H11
       |  `--+--R. flammigerus (Jardine & Selby 1833)JT12, H11 [=Ramphopis flammigerusH11]
       |     `--R. icteronotus Bonaparte 1838JT12, H11 [=Rhamphocelus icteronotusH11]
       `--+--+--R. dimidiatus Lafresnaye 1837JT12, H11 [incl. R. dimidiatus isthmicusH11]
          |  |    |--R. d. dimidiatusH11
          |  |    |--R. d. arestus Wetmore 1957H11
          |  |    |--R. d. limatus Bangs 1901H11
          |  |    `--R. d. molochinus Meyer & Schauensee 1950H11
          |  `--R. nigrogularis (Spix 1825)JT12, H11 [=Tanagra nigrogularisH11]
          `--+--R. bresilius (Linnaeus 1766)JT12, H11 [=Tanagra bresiliaH11]
             |    |--R. b. bresiliusH11
             |    `--R. b. dorsalis Sclater 1855H11
             `--+--R. carbo (Pallas 1764)JT12, H11 [=Lanius carboH11]
                |    |--R. c. carboH11
                |    |--R. c. atrosericeus d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye 1837H11
                |    |--R. c. capitalis Allen 1892H11
                |    |--R. c. centralis Hellmayr 1920H11
                |    |--R. c. connectens Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1896H11
                |    |--R. c. magnirostris Lafresnaye 1853H11
                |    |--R. c. unicolor Sclater 1856H11
                |    `--R. c. venezuelensis Lafresnaye 1853H11
                `--R. melanogaster (Swainson 1838)JT12, H11 [=Rhamphopis melanogasterH11]
                     |--R. m. melanogasterH11
                     `--R. m. transitus Zimmer 1929H11

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[H11] Hilty, S. L. 2011. Family Thraupidae (tanagers). 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. 46–329. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.

[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.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[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.