Ixothraupis
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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| image = Rufous-throated Tanager (Tangara rufigula).jpg
| image_caption = Rufous-throated tanager (Ixothraupis rufigula)
| taxon = Ixothraupis
| authority = Bonaparte, 1851
| type_species = Tanagra punctata
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1766
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| subdivision = See text
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Ixothraupis is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
These species were formerly placed in the genus Tangara. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tangara was polyphyletic.{{cite journal| last1=Burns | first1=K.J. | last2=Shultz | first2=A.J. | last3=Title | first3=P.O. | last4=Mason | first4=N.A. | last5=Barker | first5=F.K. | last6=Klicka | first6=J. | last7=Lanyon | first7=S.M. | last8=Lovette | first8=I.J. | year= 2014 | title=Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution| volume=75| pages=41–77 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 | pmid=24583021 | bibcode=2014MolPE..75...41B | url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3613&context=biosci_pubs | url-access=subscription }} In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus Ixothraupis was resurrected. It had been introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1851 with the spotted tanager as the type species.{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1851 | title=Note sur les Tangaras, leurs affinités, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles | language=French | journal=Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée | series=2nd | volume=3 | pages=129–145 [143–144] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2321124 }}{{ cite journal | last1=Burns | first1=K.J. | last2=Unitt | first2=P. | last3=Mason | first3=N.A. | year=2016 | title=A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes) | journal=Zootaxa | volume=4088 | issue=3 | pages=329–354 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2 | pmid=27394344 }} The name combines the Ancient Greek ixos meaning "mistletoe" with "thraupis", an unknown small bird.{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=209 }}
- Dotted tanager, Ixothraupis varia
- Rufous-throated tanager, Ixothraupis rufigula
- Spotted tanager, Ixothraupis punctata
- Speckled tanager, Ixothraupis guttata
- Yellow-bellied tanager, Ixothraupis xanthogastra
References
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Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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