Black-capped Siskin

Black-Capped Siskin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carduelis
Species: C. atriceps
Binomial name
Carduelis atriceps
(Salvin, 1863)

The Black-Capped Siskin (Carduelis atriceps) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

Phylogeny

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ 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): 1–17. http://www.ardeola.org/files/1260.pdf. 
  2. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V, Moscoso J, Serrano-Vela JI, Zamora J (2007). "mtDNA phylogeny of North American Carduelis pinus group". Ardeola 54(1): 1–14. http://www.ardeola.org/files/1298.pdf.