Black-headed siskin
| Black-headed siskin | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Spinus |
| Species: | S. notata |
| Binomial name | |
| Spinus notata Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carduelis notata | |
The black-headed siskin (Spinus notata) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Systematics
This species is considered the extant "father" of the South American siskin radiation.[2]
Evolution
This bird is one of the extant parental species of one of the Spinus/Carduelis three evolutive North American radiation which extended to South America after closing of Panama Istmus.[3] That of atrata, crassirostris, spinescens, cucullata, yarrelli, magellanica, olivacea, xanthogastra and barbata and a few others.
Spinus notata passing Panama Istmus when it was closed [2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis notata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arnaiz-Villena, A; Alvarez-Tejado M; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Garcia-de-la-Torre C; Varela P; Recio MJ; Ferre S; Martinez-Laso J (1998). "Phylogeny and rapid northern and southern hemisphere speciation of goldfinches during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs". Cell.Mol.Life.Sci. 54(9): 1031–41.
- ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Areces C, Rey D, Enríquez-de-Salamanca M, Alonso-Rubio J and Ruiz-del-Valle V (2012). "Three Different North American Siskin/Goldfinch Evolutionary Radia-tions (Genus Carduelis): Pine Siskin Green Morphs and European Siskins in America". The Open Ornithology Journal 5: 73–81. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010073.