St. Kitts Bullfinch
Melopyrrha grandis(Lawrence, GN, 1881)
English (US) St. Kitts Bullfinch
The St. Kitts Bullfinch (Melopyrrha grandis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: formerly St. Kitts; probably extinct, unrecorded since 1920sRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melopyrrha grandis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- St. Kitts Bullfinch
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1881)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxigilla portoricensis grandis
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1881)
- Type locality
- St. Christopher, Lesser Antilles.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4, no.216 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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