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Melopyrrha nigra, Cuba
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Melopyrrha nigra — distribution map
Taxonavigation
Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Melopyrrha
Species: Melopyrrha nigra
Subspecies: M. n. nigra – M. n. taylori
Name
Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type locality: Cuba.
Synonyms
- Loxia nigra (protonym)
- Pyrrhulagra nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) [acc. Burns, Unitt & Mason (2016); Birdlife]
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 175 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Garrido, O.H., Wiley, J.W., Kirkconnell, A., Bradley, P.E., Günther-Calhoun, A. & Rodríguez, D. 2014. Revision of the endemic West Indian genus Melopyrrha from Cuba and the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 134(2): 134–145 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Burns, K.J., Shultz, A.J., Title, P.O., Mason N.A., Barker, F.K., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 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 Full article (PDF)
Reference page.
- Burns, K.J., Unitt, P. & Mason, N.A. 2016. A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4088(3): 329–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2
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Links
- IUCN: Pyrrhulagra nigra (Near Threatened)
Vernacular names
English: Cuban Bullfinch
español: Semillero negrito
français: Sporophile négrito
svenska: Svart biskop
español: Semillero negrito
français: Sporophile négrito
svenska: Svart biskop
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