Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Pyrrhulagra portoricensis)

Other Names (World)
Puerto Rican Bullfinch, Puerto Rican Grosbeak, Mountain Blacksmith (grandis)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16.50 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis (E).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Melopyrrha portoricensis) [XC46641]
by Alex Lin-Moore from Casa Cubuy, El Yunque NP, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (song)

Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Melopyrrha portoricensis) [XC308522]
by Rainforest Connection from Bosque Estatal Maricao, Puerto Rico (song)

Subspecies
Genus may belong in tanager family (Thraupidae). Appears to be part of a clade which also includes several other Caribbean genera (Euneornis, Loxipasser, Melopyrrha, Melanospiza), Tiaris grassquits, Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and "Darwin's finches" (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza). Lesser Antilles subspecies grandis, sometimes considered a separate species, is extinct.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

portoricensis (Daudin, 1800) - Puerto Rico.
grandis ! Lawrence, 1881 - St. Kitts (Lesser Antilles). Extinct.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Pyrrhulagra portoricensis) - 10 files

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