Pyrrhula pyrrhula

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,308 meters (0 to 17,415 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Arthonia pyrrhula Nyl. 1885 • Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus, 1758) • Pyrrhula pyrrhula Linnaeus 1758

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pyrrhula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. aurantiaca (Orange Bullfinch) · P. erythaca (Gray-Headed Bullfinch) · P. erythaca erythaca (Gray-Headed Bullfinch) · P. erythrocephala (Red-Headed Bullfinch) · P. leucogenis (White-Cheeked Bullfinch) · P. leucogenys (White-Cheeked Bullfinch) · P. murina (Azores Bullfinch) · P. nipalensis (Brown Bullfinch) · P. nipalensis nipalensis (Brown Bullfinch) · P. pyrrhula (Sao Miguel Bullfinch) · P. pyrrhula murina (Eurasian Bullfinch)

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Further Reading

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• A handbook to the vertebrate fauna of north Wales. London, Witherby & Co., 1919. url p. 35.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Pyrrhula pyrrhula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Royal British Columbia Museum
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Bird specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• Senckenberg, Collection Aves
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Birds of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• University of Gdansk, Bird Migration Research Station, Ringing Data from the Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7175
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179180
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 3085810
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179180
• IUCN ID: 238434
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 136171

Footnotes

1. Mean = 661.270 meters (2,169.521 feet), Standard Deviation = 882.100 based on 135,865 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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