Biology:African chaffinch
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Short description: Species of bird
| African chaffinch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Fringillinae |
| Genus: | Fringilla |
| Species: | F. spodiogenys
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| Binomial name | |
| Fringilla spodiogenys Bonaparte, 1841
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| Synonyms | |
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Fringilla coelebs subsp. spodiogenys | |
The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found from Morocco to northwestern Tunisia and northeastern Libya.[1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the common chaffinch, F. coelebs.[2]
References
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pam. "Species updates". International Ornithological Committee. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/.
- ↑ Recuerda, María; Illera, Juan Carlos; Blanco, Guillermo; Zardoya, Rafael; Milá, Borja (2021). "Sequential colonization of oceanic archipelagos led to a species-level radiation in the common chaffinch complex (Aves: Fringilla coelebs)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107291. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107291. PMID 34384903.
Wikidata ☰ Q120964666 entry
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