Blue finch
Appearance
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Blue finch | |
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male at Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Rhopospina |
Species: | R. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
Rhopospina caerulescens (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
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Synonyms | |
Tanagra caerulescens (protonym) |
The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Rhopospina caerulescens) is a species of small bird. Although it was long classified in the bunting family Emberizidae,[1][2] or the cardinal family Cardinalidae,[3] more recent molecular studies have shown it fits comfortably in the Thraupini tribe within the family Thraupidae.[4]
It is found in Brazil and northeastern Bolivia, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2018). "Porphyrospiza caerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723966A132171827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723966A132171827.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Porphyrospiza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Burns, Kevin J.; Schultz, Allison J.; Title, Pascal O.; Mason, Nicholas A.; Barker, F. Keith; Klicka, John; Lanyon, Scott M.; Lovette, Irby J. (June 2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
- ^ Klicka, John; Burns, Kevin; Spellman, Garth M. (December 2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.550.1550. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006. PMID 17920298.
External links
[edit]- "Blue finch"-"Porphyrospiza caerulescens" Photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
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