Crested finchbill

The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in south-eastern Asia from China and India to Indochina.

Crested finchbill
In Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Spizixos
Species:
S. canifrons
Binomial name
Spizixos canifrons
Blyth, 1845
Doi Ang Khang Mountain - Thailand

Taxonomy

The crested finchbill was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the binomial name Spizixos canifrons. He specified the type locality as Cherrapunji in the Indian state of Meghalaya of northeast India.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin canus meaning "grey" with frons meaning "forehead".[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[4]

  • S. c. canifrons Blyth, 1845 – Found in north-eastern India and western Myanmar
  • S. c. ingrami Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 – Found in eastern Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Spizixos canifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712597A94337611. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712597A94337611.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Blyth, Edward (1845). "Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued)". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 14, Part 2 (164): 546–602 [571–572].
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Bulbuls". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2021.


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