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Genus may belong in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be part of a clade which also includes several Caribbean genera (Euneornis, Loxipasser, Melopyrrha, Loxigilla, Melanospiza), Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and "Darwin's finches" (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza). Molecular data suggest that genus as currently constituted is polyphyletic. Further research is required. Birds from Sierra de Perijá (western Venezuela) described as subspecies zuliae and birds from Trinidad as fumosus, but both considered undiagnosable, as mensural and plumage characteristics variable throughout range of species.


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