Melanodera
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| name = Melanodera
| image = Yellow-bridled finch male.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow-bridled finch being ringed in Chile.
| taxon = Melanodera
| authority = Bonaparte, 1850
| type_species= Emberiza melanodera
| type_species_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Melanodera is a genus of Patagonian seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Melanodera was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the white-bridled finch (Melanodera melanodera) as the type species.{{cite book | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1850 | title=Conspectus Generum Avium | volume=1 | language=Latin | publisher=E.J. Brill | place=Leiden | page=470 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560709 }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Paynter | editor-first=Raymond A. Jr | year=1970 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=13 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=108 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483343 }} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" and dera meaning "neck".{{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=247 }} The genus now contains two species.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2020 | title=Tanagers and allies | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/tanagers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=15 October 2020 }}
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| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150px | White-bridled finch or canary-winged finch | Melanodera melanodera | southern Argentina and Chile |
| 150px | Yellow-bridled finch | Melanodera xanthogramma | Argentina and Chile |
References
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Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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