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Granatellus
Red-breasted chat (Granatellus venustus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Granatellus Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Granatellus venustus Bonaparte, 1850

Granatellus is a genus of bird previously placed in the family Parulidae, although biochemical evidence suggests it belongs in Cardinalidae, a move followed by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2009.

Species

Genus Granatellus – Bonaparte, 1850 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Rose-breasted chat	Granatellus pelzelni Sclater, PL, 1865 Two subspecies G. p. pelzelni G. p. paraensis	Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Grey-throated chat	Granatellus sallaei (Bonaparte, 1856)	Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Red-breasted chat	Granatellus venustus (Bonaparte, 1850) Two subspecies G. v. venustus G. v. francescae	Mexican Pacific slope thorn forests from Sinaloa to Chiapas	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Klicka, J., K. Burns, AND G. M. Spellman. 2007. Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1014-1032.

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