Euphoniinae
| Euphoniinae | |
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| Golden-browed chlorophonia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: |
Euphoniinae Cabanis, 1847 |
| Genera | |
Euphoniinae is a subfamily of finches endemic to the Neotropics. It contains two genera, Euphonia and Chlorophonia.
The two genera were at one time included in the tanager family Thraupidae. In a large phylogenetic study of the finch family using and nuclear DNA sequences published in 2012, Zuccon and colleagues found that the only Chlorophonia species included in their analysis, the blue-naped chlorophonia, was nested within the Euphonia. This indicated that the genus Euphonia was paraphyletic. A study with more species would be necessary to resolve the taxonomy of the subfamily.
SUBFAMILY EUPHONIINAE
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