Azores Bullfinch

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Azores Bullfinch
Conservation status
Critically endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Pyrrhula Species: P. murina
Binomial name
Pyrrhula murina (Godman, 1866)
Synonyms
Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina

The Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) is a critically endangered passerine from São Miguel Island, Azores.

[edit] Description

The Azores Bullfinch was previously regarded as subspecies of the Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) but Pyrrhula pyrrhula and Pyrrhula murina were split into separate species in 1993 ^[1]. This plump bird reaches a size of 17 cm.

[edit] References

• Vester, F., Diamond, A. W., Peterson, R. T. (1989): Save the Birds - Houghton Mifflin
• Bibby, Colin J.; Charlton, Trevor D. & Ramos, Jaime (1992): Studies of West Palearctic birds, 191: Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) British Birds 85(12): 677-680.

1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Pyrrhula murina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 October 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

[edit] External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina)
• Birdlife project to save Azores Bullfinch