Western Spindalis
Spindalis zena(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Western Spindalis
The Western Spindalis (Spindalis zena) 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 Spindalidae (Spindalises) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Spindalis zena
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Spindalis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Spindalis zena townsendi
- Spindalis zena zena
- Spindalis zena pretrei
- Spindalis zena salvini
- Spindalis zena benedicti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla Zena
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Bahama Islands [= New Providence, fide Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 239] .
- 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.181
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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