Rose-bellied bunting
| Rose-bellied bunting | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Passerina |
| Species: | P. rositae |
| Binomial name | |
| Passerina rositae (Lawrence, 1874) | |
The rose-bellied bunting (Passerina rositae) is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family. It is also known as Rosita's bunting.
It is endemic to a tiny strip of hills along the Pacific slope of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, where it occurs in arid to semiarid thorn forest and gallery woodlands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Passerina rositae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Encyclopedia of Life. Rose-bellied Bunting. Encyclopedia of Life Accessed 19 May 2008