Biology:Blue finch

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Short description: Species of bird

Blue finch
Porphyrospiza caerulescens - Blue Finch (male).JPG
male at Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Porphyrospiza
Species:
P. caerulescens
Binomial name
Porphyrospiza caerulescens
(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1840)
Porphyrospiza caerulescens map.svg
Synonyms

Tanagra caerulescens (protonym)
Passerina caerulescens
Rhopospina caerulescens

The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Porphyrospiza 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 BirdLife International (2018). "Porphyrospiza caerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22723966A132171827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723966A132171827.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22723966/132171827. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. "ITIS Report: Porphyrospiza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558101&print_version=SCR&source=from_print. 
  3. 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. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/biosci_pubs/2614. 
  4. Klicka, John; Burns, Kevin; Spellman, Garth M. (December 2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (3): 1014–1032. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006. PMID 17920298. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q898984 entry