Carpodacus crassirostris

Description

Family Fringillidae

A Family of seed-eating, small to moderately large passerine birds that have strong , stubby beaks , which in some species can be quite large. They have a bouncing flight, alternating flapping with gliding on closed wings. Most sing well.

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Passeriformes () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
        Suborder: Passeri ()
        Parvorder: Passerida ()
        Superfamily: Passeroidea ()
        Family: Fringillidae () - Buntings, Finches
        Genus: Carpodacus ()
        Specific name: crassirostris - Blyth 1847
        Scientific name: - Carpodacus crassirostris Blyth 1847

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Carpodacus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 82 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. amplus · C. californicus · C. casinii · C. cassini · C. cassinii (Cassin's Purple Finch) · C. crassirostris · C. dubius · C. edwardsi · C. edwardsii (Dark-Rumped Rosefinch) · C. edwardsii edwardsii (Dark-Rumped Rosefinch) · C. edwardsii rubicunda · C. eos (Stresemann's Rosefinch) · C. erithrinus · C. erythrinus (Scarlet Rosefinch) · C. erythrinus erythrinus (Scarlet Rosefinch) · C. erythrinus ferghanensis · C. erythrinus grebnitskii · C. erythrinus kubanensis · C. erythrinus roseatus · C. frontalis · C. grandis · C. haemorrhous · C. mcgregori · C. mexicanus (Mcgregor's House Finch) · C. mexicanus amplus · C. mexicanus centralis · C. mexicanus clementis (House Finch) · C. mexicanus coccineus · C. mexicanus frontalis (House Finch) · C. mexicanus griscomi · C. mexicanus mcgregori · C. mexicanus mexicanus (Mcgregor's House Finch) · C. mexicanus potosinus (House Finch) · C. mexicanus roseipectus · C. mexicanus ruberrimus (House Finch) · C. mongolicus · C. nipalensis (Dark-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. nipalensis kangrae · C. nipalensis nipalensis (Dark-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. pulcherrimus (Beautiful Rosefinch) · C. pulcherrimus argyrophrys · C. pulcherrimus pulcherrimus (Beautiful Rosefinch) · C. puniceus (Rose-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. puniceus puniceus (Rose-Breasted Rosefinch) · C. pupureus · C. purpureus (California Purple Finch) · C. purpureus californicus (Purple Finch) · C. purpureus nesophilus · C. purpureus purpureus (California Purple Finch) · C. rhodochlamys (Red-Mantled Rosefinch) · C. rhodochlamys grandis · C. rhodochlamys rhodochlamys (Red-Mantled Rosefinch) · C. rhodochrous (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rhodocolpus · C. rhodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. roborowskii (Tibetan Rosefinch) · C. rodochroa (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rodochrous (Pink-Browed Rosefinch) · C. rodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. rodopeplus rodopeplus (Spot-Winged Rosefinch) · C. rodopeplus verreauxii · C. roseus (Pallas's Rosefinch) · C. rubescens (Blanford's Rosefinch) · C. rubicilla (Caucasian Great Rosefinch) · C. rubicilla rubicilla (Caucasian Great Rosefinch) · C. rubicilla severtzovi · C. rubicilloides (Eastern Great Rosefinch) · C. rubicilloides lucifer · C. sanguinolentus · C. severtzovi · C. synoicus (Sinai Rosefinch) · C. synoicus synoicus · C. thura (White-Browed Rosefinch) · C. thura blythi · C. thura dubius · C. thura femininus · C. thura thura (White-Browed Rosefinch) · C. trifasciatus (Three-Banded Rosefinch) · C. vinaceus (Vinaceous Rosefinch) · C. vinaceus formosana · C. vinaceus formosanus · C. vinaceus vinaceus (Vinaceous Rosefinch)

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Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2144165