Thraupidae

E38055

bird family clade taxon

Thraupidae is a large family of New World songbirds known as tanagers, which includes many colorful species and the famous Darwin’s finches of the Galápagos Islands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Geospizinae	1

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bird family ⓘ clade ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsToBiogeographicRealm	Neotropical realm ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
commonName	tanager family ⓘ tanagers ⓘ
conservationConcern	some species are threatened or endangered ⓘ
describedBy	Nicholas Aylward Vigors ⓘ
describedInYear	1825 ⓘ
distribution	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ New World ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	exhibits high morphological diversity ⓘ includes insectivorous species ⓘ includes many forest-dwelling species ⓘ includes nectar-feeding species ⓘ includes open-habitat species ⓘ many species are brightly colored ⓘ primarily seed-eating and fruit-eating ⓘ
includes	Camarhynchus ⓘ Catamenia ⓘ Certhidea ⓘ surface form: Certhidea olivacea Chlorochrysa ⓘ Chlorophanes spiza ⓘ Coereba flaveola ⓘ Conirostrum ⓘ Cyanerpes caeruleus ⓘ Cyanerpes cyaneus ⓘ Cyanerpes lucidus ⓘ Cyanerpes nitidus ⓘ Dacnis cayana ⓘ Galápagos finches ⓘ surface form: Darwin’s finches Euphonia ⓘ Galápagos finches ⓘ surface form: Geospiza Hemispingus ⓘ Hemispingus ⓘ surface form: Loxigilla Melanospiza ⓘ Melopyrrha ⓘ Nesospiza ⓘ Nesospiza ⓘ surface form: Nesospiza acunhae Nesospiza ⓘ surface form: Nesospiza wilkinsi Oreomanes fraseri ⓘ Oryzoborus angolensis ⓘ Oryzoborus crassirostris ⓘ surface form: Oryzoborus atrirostris Oryzoborus crassirostris ⓘ Oryzoborus funereus ⓘ Oryzoborus maximiliani ⓘ Oryzoborus nuttingi ⓘ Oryzoborus torridus ⓘ Phrygilus ⓘ Pinaroloxias ⓘ surface form: Pinaroloxias inornata Piranga ludoviciana ⓘ Piranga olivacea ⓘ Piranga rubra ⓘ Platyspiza ⓘ surface form: Platyspiza crassirostris Poospiza ⓘ Ramphocelus ⓘ Ramphocelus ⓘ surface form: Ramphocelus carbo Rowettia goughensis ⓘ Sicalis flaveola ⓘ Sporophila ⓘ Stephanophorus diadematus ⓘ Tangara ⓘ Tangara ⓘ surface form: Tangara seledon Tersina viridis ⓘ Thlypopsis ⓘ Thraupis episcopus ⓘ surface form: Thraupis Thraupis episcopus ⓘ Tiaris ⓘ Volatinia jacarina ⓘ Xenodacnis ⓘ
infraorder	Passerida ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter	Greek word thraupis ⓘ
notableFor	adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands ⓘ
order	Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo	Cardinalidae ⓘ Emberizidae ⓘ Fringillidae ⓘ
suborder	Passeri ⓘ
superfamily	Emberizoidea ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ
vocalizationType	songbirds ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camarhynchus → family → Thraupidae ⓘ

Certhidea → family → Thraupidae ⓘ

Galápagos finches → family → Thraupidae ⓘ

Pinaroloxias → family → Thraupidae ⓘ

Platyspiza → family → Thraupidae ⓘ

Aves → hasSubgroup → Thraupidae ⓘ

Passerida → includes → Thraupidae ⓘ

Pinaroloxias → parentTaxon → Thraupidae ⓘ

Platyspiza → subfamily → Thraupidae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Geospizinae