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Emberizoides
Sign in to saveEmberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.
Species
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Collections
- UMZC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Uruguay
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thraupidae
- Image
- Emberizoides herbicola -Piraju, Brasil -nature reserve-8a.jpg
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Emberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.
==Taxonomy and species list== The genus Emberizoides was introduced in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. The type species was later designated as the wedge-tailed grass finch by George Robert Gray. The genus name combines the bunting genus Emberiza introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling". This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within an expanded family Emberizidae. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Emberizoides was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within this family, the genus is now placed with Embernagra and Coryphaspiza in the subfamily Emberizoidinae.
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