Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis Scientific name definitions
- Names (15)
- Monotypic
John Faaborg and Amber Wiewel
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Roodkapdikbekje |
| English (United States) | Puerto Rican Bullfinch |
| French | Pèrenoir de Porto Rico |
| German | Rotkopf-Gimpeltangare |
| Japanese | オオクロアカウソ |
| Norwegian | oksespurv |
| Polish | giloluszcz rdzawolbisty |
| Russian | Пуэрториканский семилеро |
| Serbian | Portorikanska zimovka |
| Slovak | ostrovčan portorický |
| Spanish | Semillero Puertorriqueño |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Comeñame/Capacho/Carpacho |
| Spanish (Spain) | Semillero puertorriqueño |
| Swedish | oxtangara |
| Turkish | Porto Riko Şakrağı |
Melopyrrha portoricensis (Daudin, 1800)
PROTONYM:
Loxia portoricensis
Daudin, 1800. Traité d'Ornithologie [Daudin] 2, p.411.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Puerto Rico.
Definitions
- MELOPYRRHA
- portoricensis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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