Loxigilla
| Loxigilla | |
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| Barbados bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Loxigilla Lesson , 1831
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| Type species | |
| Fringilla noctis Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyrrhulagra | |
Loxigilla is a genus of
Thraupidae. The two species are both endemic to the Lesser Antilles
.
Taxonomy
The genus Loxigilla was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist
The genus contains two species, both endemic to the Lesser Antilles:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Lesser Antillean bullfinch | Loxigilla noctis | Saint Barth, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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Barbados bullfinch | Loxigilla barbadensis | Barbados |
The Greater Antillean bullfinch and Puerto Rican bullfinch were formerly placed in this genus, but are now placed in Melopyrrha.[6][5][7]
References
- ^ Lesson, René (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 443.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 74.
- ^ a b Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 157.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ PMID 24583021.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- PMID 27394344.