Poospizopsis

Poospizopsis is a genus of warbler-like tanagers. They are found in highland forest in South America.

Poospizopsis
Rufous-sided warbling finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Poospizopsis Berlepsch, 1893
Type species
Poospiza caesar Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family Thraupidae published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic.^[1] In the subsequent reorganization two species from Poospiza were assigned to the resurrected genus Poospizopsis that had been introduced in 1893 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch with the chestnut-breasted mountain finch as the type species.^[2][3][4] The name of the genus combines Poospiza with the Ancient Greek opsis meaning "appearance".^[5]

The two species now placed in the genus are:^[4]

Genus Poospizopsis – Berlepsch, 1893 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-sided warbling finch	Poospizopsis hypocondria (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)	Argentina and Bolivia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Chestnut-breasted mountain finch	Poospizopsis caesar (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869)	Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC