Crimson-breasted finch
| Crimson-breasted finch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Rhodospingus Sharpe, 1888 |
| Species: | R. cruentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodospingus cruentus (
Lesson , 1844) | |
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The crimson-breasted finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), also known as the crimson finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like
sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff
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Taxonomy
The crimson-breasted finch was
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
Gallery
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Crimson-breasted finch
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Lesson, René (1844). "Oiseaux nouveaux". Revue Zoologique (in French). 7: 433–437 [435–436].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 212.
- ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1888). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes Part III. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 12. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 808.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.