Blue finch
Appearance
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: | Porphyrospiza Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
Species: | P. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
Porphyrospiza caerulescens (Wied, 1840)
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Synonyms | |
Passerina caerulescens (Wied, 1840) |
The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Porphyrospiza 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 assigned to the monotypic genus Porphyrospiza.[2]
It is found in Brazil and northeastern Bolivia, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2012). "Porphyrospiza caerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ a b "ITIS Report: Porphyrospiza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Burns, Kevin J.; Schultz, Allison J.; Title, Pascal O.; Mason, Nicholas A.; Barker, F. Keith; Klicka, John; Lanyon, Scott M.; Lovette, Irby J. (June 2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
- ^ Klicka, John; Burns, Kevin; Spellman, Garth M. (December 2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.550.1550. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006. PMID 17920298.