Haplospiza
Genus of birds
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Taxonomy and species list
The genus Haplospiza was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the uniform finch as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek haploos meaning "plain" with spiza meaning "finch".
The genus contains two species:
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that H. unicolor and H. rustica are not sister species.
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