Loxigilla
Encyclopedia
Loxigilla is the genus of Antillean bullfinches, bird
s in the Thraupidae family. 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:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae
Emberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...
, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager
Tanager
The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Puerto Rican BullfinchPuerto Rican BullfinchThe Puerto Rican Bullfinch or Comeñame in Spanish, is a small Bullfinch tanager endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico and one of 3 species belonging to the genus Loxigilla. These were formerly considered Emberizidae....
, Loxigilla portoricensis- Saint Kitts Bullfinch, Loxigilla portoricensis grandis – extinct (1930)
- Greater Antillean BullfinchGreater Antillean BullfinchThe Greater Antillean Bullfinch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Turks and Caicos Islands....
, Loxigilla violacea - Lesser Antillean BullfinchLesser Antillean BullfinchThe Lesser Antillean Bullfinch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Saint Barth, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
, Loxigilla noctis - Barbados BullfinchBarbados BullfinchThe Barbados Bullfinch is a seedeater bird that is found only on the Caribbean island-nation of Barbados, where it is the only endemic bird species.- Taxonomy :...
, Loxigilla barbadensis (formerly in L. noctis)