Blue finch
male at Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais state, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Rhopospina
Species:
R. caerulescens
Binomial name
Rhopospina caerulescens
Synonyms

Tanagra caerulescens (protonym)
Passerina caerulescens
Rhopospina caerulescens

The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Rhopospina caerulescens) is a species of small bird. Although it was long classified in the bunting family Emberizidae,[1][2] or the cardinal family Cardinalidae,[3] more recent molecular studies have shown it fits comfortably in the Thraupini tribe within the family Thraupidae.[4]

It is found in Brazil and northeastern Bolivia, where its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2018). "Porphyrospiza caerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22723966A132171827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22723966A132171827.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "ITIS Report: Porphyrospiza". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Burns, Kevin J.; Schultz, Allison J.; Title, Pascal O.; Mason, Nicholas A.; Barker, F. Keith; Klicka, John; Lanyon, Scott M.; Lovette, Irby J. (June 2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
  4. ↑ Klicka, John; Burns, Kevin; Spellman, Garth M. (December 2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.550.1550. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006. PMID 17920298.


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