- Loxigilla
Taxobox
name = "Loxigilla"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Thraupidae
genus = "Loxigilla"
genus_authority = Lesson, 1831
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Loxigilla" is a genus of
bird in theThraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow familyEmberizidae , more recent studies have shown it to belong in thetanager family.It contains the following species:
*Puerto Rican Bullfinch ("Loxigilla portoricensis")
*Greater Antillean Bullfinch ("Loxigilla violacea")
*Lesser Antillean Bullfinch ("Loxigilla noctis")
*Barbados Bullfinch ("Loxigilla barbadensis")
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