Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra Scientific name definitions
- Subspecies (2)
Xochitl Ayón Güemes, Edwin Ruiz Rojas, and Eduardo E. Iñigo-Elias
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 19, 2013
Text last updated April 19, 2013
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Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Loxia nigra
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.175.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico (from Catesby) ; emended to Cuba by Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 168.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MELOPYRRHA
- nigra
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