Tiaris

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Tiaris is a genus of small Neotropical seed-eating birds commonly known as grassquits, found primarily in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tiaris canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo New World songbirds ⓘ
biogeographicRealm Neotropical realm ⓘ
bodySize small ⓘ
clade Passeri ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName grassquits ⓘ
conservationStatus varies by species ⓘ
diet seeds ⓘ
distribution Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America ⓘ
ecoregion tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas ⓘ
family Thraupidae ⓘ
feedingBehavior seed-eating ⓘ
habitat cultivated areas ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
open scrub ⓘ
hasSpecies Tiaris bicolor ⓘ
Tiaris canorus ⓘ
Tiaris fuliginosus ⓘ
Tiaris obscurus ⓘ
Tiaris olivaceus ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphology small conical bill adapted for seed eating ⓘ
namedBy Louis Pierre Vieillot ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Coereba flaveola ⓘ
Sporophila ⓘ
Volatinia jacarina ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
subfamily Coerebinae ⓘ
taxonAuthor Louis Pierre Vieillot ⓘ
taxonGroup Neotropical birds ⓘ
taxonomicStatus valid genus ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeOf Neotropical seed-eating bird genus ⓘ
vernacularName grassquit genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Coerebinae → includesTaxon → Tiaris ⓘ