Cuban Bullfinch

Cuban Bullfinch
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Melopyrrha Bonaparte, 1853
Species:	M. nigra
Binomial name
Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a songbird species of the monotypic genus Melopyrrha.^{[citation needed]} Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae), more recent studies have shown it to be part of the tanager family (Thraupidae). Therein, it belongs to the lineage of tholospizan "finches", which also includes the famous Darwin's finches.

It is found in Cayman Islands and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Melopyrrha nigra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

• Stamp photo (for Cuba); Article page
• Cuban Bullfinch photo gallery VIREO; Photo-(linked at natureserve.org)

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