Greater Antillean bullfinch
| Greater Antillean bullfinch | |
|---|---|
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| in Dominican Republic | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Loxigilla |
| Species: | L. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Loxigilla violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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in Jamaica
The Greater Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla violacea) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.
It is found in The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Loxigilla violacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.