Loxigilla
| Loxigilla | |
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| Loxigilla barbadensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Loxigilla Lesson, 1831 |
| Species | |
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Loxigilla is the genus of Antillean bullfinches, birds in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family.
It contains the following species:
- Puerto Rican bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis
- Saint Kitts bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis grandis – extinct (1930)
- Greater Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla violacea
- Lesser Antillean bullfinch, Loxigilla noctis
- Barbados bullfinch, Loxigilla barbadensis (formerly in L. noctis)
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