Blue Finch
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| Blue Finch | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Porphyrospiza P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
| Species: | P. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrospiza caerulescens (Wied, 1840) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Passerina caerulescens (Wied, 1840) |
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The Blue Finch or Yellow-billed Blue Finch (Porphyrospiza caerulescens) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, a recent study[citation needed] has shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. It in the monotypic genus Porphyrospiza.[citation needed]
It is found in Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
[edit] Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Porphyrospiza caerulescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
[edit] External links
- "Blue Finch"-"Porphyrospiza caerulescens" Photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
- Photo-High Res
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