- Yellow-faced Siskin
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Yellow-faced Siskin Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Carduelis Species: C. yarrellii Binomial name Carduelis yarrellii
(Audubon, 1839)The Yellow-faced Siskin (Carduelis yarrellii) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist mountains, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, arable land, plantations , and urban areas.
The binomial of this bird commemorates the English ornithologist William Yarrell.
Phylogeny
It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Zamora, J; Moscoso J, Ruiz-del-Valle V, Ernesto L, Serrano-Vela JI, Ira-Cachafeiro J, Arnaiz-Villena A (2006). "Conjoint mitochondrial phylogenetic trees for canaries Serinus spp. and goldfinches Carduelis spp. show several specific polytomies". Ardeola 53: 1–17. http://www.ardeola.org/files/1260.pdf.
- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio; Alvarez-Tejado M., Ruiz-del-Valle V., García-de-la-Torre C., Varela P, Recio M. J., Ferre S., Martinez-Laso J. (1999). "Rapid Radiation of Canaries (Genus Serinus)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 16: 2–11. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/1/2.full.pdf.
- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio; Alvarez-Tejado M., Ruiz-del-Valle V., García-de-la-Torre C., Varela P, Recio M. J., Ferre S., Martinez-Laso J. (1998). "Phylogeny and rapid Northern and Southern Hemisphere speciation of goldfinches during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs". Cell.Mol.Life.Sci. 54(9): 1031–41. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r1ukblmke5d3uy1v/fulltext.pdf.
- BirdLife International 2004. Carduelis yarrellii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan & Davis, John (1993): Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
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