Coryphospingus

Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America. Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows.

Coryphospingus
Red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Coryphospingus Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Fringilla cristata[1] = Fringilla cucullata Gmelin, 1789
Species
Coryphospingus cucullatus Coryphospingus pileatus

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Coryphospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.^[2] The type species was designated as the red pileated finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.^[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek koruphē meaning "crown of the head" with spingos meaning "finch".^[5] The genus contains two species.^[6]

Genus Coryphospingus – Cabanis, 1851 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Grey pileated finch	Coryphospingus pileatus (Wied, 1821)	Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Red pileated finch	Coryphospingus cucullatus (Müller, 1776) Three subspecies C. c. cucullatus C. c. fargoi C. c. rubescens	southern Brazil and northern Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC