Melanodera


Melanodera is a genus of Patagonian seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Melanodera was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the white-bridled finch as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" and dera meaning "neck". The genus now contains two species.
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
White-bridled finch or canary-winged finchMelanodera melanoderasouthern Argentina and Chile
Yellow-bridled finchMelanodera xanthogrammaArgentina and Chile