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
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- 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
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Cardinalini
(
)
- Genus:
Cyanocompsa
(
)
- (Bonaparte, 1850)
- Specific name:
brissonii
- Subspecies:
sterea
- Scientific name: - Cyanocompsa brissonii sterea
- Subspecies:
sterea
- Specific name:
brissonii
- Genus:
Cyanocompsa
(
- Tribe:
Cardinalini
(
- Subfamily:
Emberizinae
(
- Family:
Fringillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cyanocompsa
There are approximately 16 species in this genus:
C. brissonii · C. brissonii argentina · C. brissonii caucae · C. brissonii sterea · C. cyanea · C. cyanoides · C. cyanoides caerulescens · C. cyanoides concreta · C. cyanoides cyanoides · C. cyanoides rothschildii · C. cyanoides toddi · C. glaucocaerulea · C. parellin (Blue Bunting) · C. parellina (Blue Bunting) · C. parellina indigotica · C. parellina parellina
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1718352
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1389316
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2312983
