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
- Genus:
Junco
()
- Specific name:
alticola
- Scientific name: - Junco alticola
- Specific name:
alticola
- Genus:
Junco
(
- 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 Junco
There are approximately 45 species in this genus:
J. aikeni · J. alticola · J. bairdi · J. caniceps (Grey-Headed Junco) · J. caniceps caniceps (Grey-Headed Junco) · J. caniceps dorsalis · J. caniceps hyemalis · J. fulvescens · J. hyemalis (Slate Coloured Junco) · J. hyemalis aikeni (White-Winged Junco) · J. hyemalis caniceps (Gray-Headed Junco) · J. hyemalis carolinensis · J. hyemalis cismontanus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis dorsalis · J. hyemalis hyemalis (Slate Coloured Junco) · J. hyemalis insularis · J. hyemalis mearnsi (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis montanus · J. hyemalis oreganus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis oreganus-shufeldti · J. hyemalis oregonus · J. hyemalis pinosus (Dark-Eyed Junco) · J. hyemalis pontilis · J. hyemalis shufeldti · J. hyemalis thurberi · J. hyemalis townsendi · J. insularis (Guadalupe Junco) · J. mearnsi · J. oreganus · J. oreganus hyernalis · J. oreganus mearnsi · J. oreganus montanus · J. oreganus pinosus · J. oreganus shufeldti · J. oreganus thurberi · J. oreganus x · J. phaenotus · J. phaeonotus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. phaeonotus alticola · J. phaeonotus bairdi · J. phaeonotus fulvescens · J. phaeonotus palliatus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. phaeonotus phaeonotus (Yellow-Eyed Junco) · J. siemsseni · J. vulcani (Volcano Junco)
More Info
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Further Reading
- A manual of North American birds. By Robert Ridgway. Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the generic characters. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1887. ENG url p. 424.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 93.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1133, p. 275, p. 303.
- Catalogue of a collection of birds from Guatemala, by Ned Dearborn. Chicago, 1907. ENG url p. 116.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. by Charles E. Hellmayr. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 554, p. 646.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 656.
- Contents and index to volume 1 / Charles B. Cory. Chicago: Natural History Museum, 1917. ENG url p. 355.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 108, p. 433.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 23064
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14738693
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2138098
