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:
Emberizini
()
- Genus:
Junco
()
- Ridgway, 1876
- Specific name:
caniceps
- Subspecies:
dorsalis
- Scientific name: - Junco caniceps dorsalis
- Subspecies:
dorsalis
- Specific name:
caniceps
- Genus:
Junco
(
- Tribe:
Emberizini
(
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
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)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1098, p. 1130, p. 649.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 592303
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179426
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13902934
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179426
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407200
