Blue finch | |
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male at Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Rhopospina |
Species: | R. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
Rhopospina caerulescens (
Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
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Synonyms | |
Tanagra caerulescens (
protonym) |
The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Rhopospina 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]
Blue finch | |
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male at Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Rhopospina |
Species: | R. caerulescens
|
Binomial name | |
Rhopospina caerulescens (
Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
| |
Synonyms | |
Tanagra caerulescens (
protonym) |
The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Rhopospina 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]