Pinicola
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| Pinicola | |
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| Adult male Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Pinicola Vieillot, 1808 |
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Propyrrhula (but see text) |
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Pinicola is a possibly monotypic genus of "grosbeaks" of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is closely related to the true bullfinches (Pyrrhula) and the Holarctic mountain finches (Leucosticte).
This genus contains at most two species:
- Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
- Crimson-browed Finch, Pinicola subhimachala
The latter is sometimes separated as monotypic genus Propyrrhula, and by other authors allied with the rosefinches (Carpodacus and allies).
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