Spizixos
| Spizixos | |
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| Collared finchbill(Spizixos semitorques) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Infraorder: | Passerides |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Spizixos Blyth,1845 |
| Type species | |
| Spizixos canifrons (Crested finchbill) Blyth,1845
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| Synonyms | |
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Spizixosis a genus ofpasserinebirds in the bulbul familyPycnonotidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genusSpizixoswas introduced in 1845 by the English zoologistEdward Blythto accommodate thecrested finchbill.[1]The wordSpizixoscombines theAncient Greekspizameaning "finch" with the genus nameIxosthat was introduced byCoenraad Jacob Temminckin 1825.[2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
- Crested finchbill(Spizixos canifrons)
- Collared finchbill(Spizixos semitorques)
References
[edit]- ^Blyth, Edward(1845)."Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued)".Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.14, Part 2 (164): 546–602 [571].
- ^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 363.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (January 2021)."Bulbuls".IOC World Bird List Version 11.1.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved27 June2021.
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