Description
Family Fringillidae
A Family of seed-eating, small to moderately large passerine birds that have strong , stubby beaks, which in some species can be quite large. They have a bouncing flight, alternating flapping with gliding on closed wings. Most sing well.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
- Family:
Fringillidae
()
- Buntings, Finches
- Genus:
Phrygilus
()
- Specific name:
alaudinus
- Subspecies:
excelsus
- Scientific name: - Phrygilus alaudinus excelsus
- Subspecies:
excelsus
- Specific name:
alaudinus
- Genus:
Phrygilus
(
- Family:
Fringillidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phrygilus
There are approximately 29 species in this genus:
P. alaudinus · P. alaudinus alaudinus · P. alaudinus bipartitus · P. alaudinus excelsus · P. alaundinus · P. atriceps · P. caniceps · P. carbonarius · P. dorsalis · P. erythronotus · P. fruticeti · P. fruticeti fruticeti · P. gayi · P. gayi caniceps · P. gayi gayi · P. gayi minor · P. patagonicus · P. plebejus · P. plebejus ocularis · P. plebejus plebejus · P. plebejus ssp · P. punensis · P. unicolor · P. unicolor geospizopsis · P. unicolor inca · P. unicolor nivarius · P. unicolor tucomonus · P. unicolor tucumanus · P. unicolor unicolor
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed July 02, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1716884
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1177880
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2179160
