Granatellus
Appearance
Granatellus | |
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Red-breasted chat (Granatellus venustus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Granatellus Bonaparte, 1850 |
Type species | |
Granatellus venustus Bonaparte, 1850
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Granatellus is a genus of bird previously placed in the family Parulidae, although biochemical evidence suggests it belongs in Cardinalidae,[1] a move followed by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2009.
Species
[edit]Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Rose-breasted chat | Granatellus pelzelni Sclater, PL, 1865 Two subspecies
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Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela |
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Grey-throated chat | Granatellus sallaei (Bonaparte, 1856) |
Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. |
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Red-breasted chat | Granatellus venustus (Bonaparte, 1850) Two subspecies
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Mexican Pacific slope thorn forests from Sinaloa to Chiapas |
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References
[edit]- ^ Klicka, J., K. Burns, AND G. M. Spellman. 2007. Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1014-1032.