Cuban Grassquit
Phonipara canora(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Cuban Grassquit
The Cuban Grassquit (Phonipara canora) 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 Juventud; introduced Isla ProvidénciaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phonipara canora
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cuban Grassquit
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia canora
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- 'New Spain [= Mexico ; error, Cuba] .
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.858
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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