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Loxigilla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Loxigilla

Higher classification
  
American Sparrows

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Thraupidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Greater Antillean bullfinch, Puerto Rican bullfinch, Barbados bullfinch

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Loxigilla is the genus of Antillean bullfinches, birds in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family.

Contents

It contains the following species:

  • Puerto Rican bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis
  • Saint Kitts bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis grandis – extinct (1930)
  • Greater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea
  • Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
  • Barbados bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis (formerly in L. noctis)
  • Come ame de puerto rico aliment ndose de guineos puerto rican bullfinch loxigilla portoricensis


    References

    Loxigilla Wikipedia