Cuban Bullfinch
Melopyrrha nigra(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Cuban Bullfinch
The Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) 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: Cuba including Isla de la JuventudRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Melopyrrha nigra
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cuban Bullfinch
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia nigra
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Mexico (from Catesby) ; emended to Cuba by Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 168.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.175
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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