• Source: Melanodera

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. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" and dera meaning "neck". The genus now contains two species.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Melanodera
• White-bridled finch
• Yellow-bridled finch
• Longspur
• Worm-eating warbler
• Cardinalis
• Green honeycreeper
• Junco
• Wagtail
• Hawfinch