- Yellow-billed Blue Finch
Taxobox
name = Yellow-billed Blue Finch
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Thraupidae
genus = "Porphyrospiza"
species = "P. caerulescens"
binomial = "Porphyrospiza caerulescens"
binomial_authority = (Wied, 1840)
synonyms = Passerina caerulescens (Wied, 1840)The Yellow-billed Blue Finch ("Porphyrospiza caerulescens") is a species ofbird in theThraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, a recent study has shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. It ismonotypic within the genus "Porphyrospiza".It is found inBolivia andBrazil .Its naturalhabitat is drysavanna .It is threatened byhabitat loss .ource
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/46908/all Porphyrospiza caerulescens] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
External links
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=blue+finch&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 "Blue Finch"-"Porphyrospiza caerulescens" Photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Porphyrospiza+caerulescens Photo-High Res--(Close-up)]
* [http://www.worldbirder.com/photo/photos/2383.jpgPhoto-High Res]
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