Crimson-breasted finch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Rhodospingus Sharpe, 1888 |
| Species: | R. cruentus
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| Rhodospingus cruentus (Lesson, 1844)
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The crimson-breasted finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), also known as the crimson finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the only member of the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that it belongs to the tanager family Thraupidae. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff.
Taxonomy
[edit]The crimson-breasted finch was formally described in 1844 by the French naturalist René Lesson under the binomial name Tiaris cruentus. The type locality is Guayaquil in Ecuador.[2][3] The crimson-breasted finch is now the only species placed in the genus Rhodospingus that was erected by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1888.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek rhodon meaning "rose" and spingos meaning "finch". The specific epithet cruentus is the Latin word for "bloody".[6] The crimson-breasted finch is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
Description
[edit]The crimson-breasted finch is a small finch, 11 cm long and weigh 11.6 g on average. It has a short-tailed appearance and a long, slender, relatively straight bill. The male's head is blackish, and it has a bright red coronal patch. Its upperparts, wings, and tail are blackish, while the throat is red, intensifying to crimson on the breast and fading to a less intense red on the lower breast and belly. The vent and undertail-coverts are often whitish with a pink wash. Fresh plumage exhibits olive feather tips on the back, nape, and occasionally the face. The iris is dark brown, the upper mandible blackish (often with blue-grey cutting edges), and the lower mandible blue-grey. Legs are dark greyish. The female is markedly different, resembling a dull, unmarked Sporophila finch but with a longer, straighter bill. She is pale brownish above (including head, upperparts, wings, and tail) with a buffy or pale yellowish supercilium, face, and underparts, and brownish-washed flanks. The immature is similar to the female, with young males often displaying an orange wash on the breast.[7]
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhodospingus cruentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723055A94801736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723055A94801736.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Lesson, René (1844). "Oiseaux nouveaux". Revue Zoologique (in French). 7: 433–437 [435–436].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 212.
- ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1888). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes Part III. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 12. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 808.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 123, 335. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Jaramillo, Alvaro (2020). "Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.crbfin1.01species_shared.bow.project_name. ISSN 2771-3105.
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