Antillean siskin

Antillean siskin
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Spinus
Species:	S. dominicensis
Binomial name
	Spinus dominicensis; (Bryant, 1868)
Synonyms
	Carduelis dominicensis

The Antillean siskin (Spinus dominicensis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae, and the only of the Spinus genus found in the Caribbean. It is found on Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Evolution

This seems to be the most ancient extant species of the North American Spinus/Carduelis evolutive radiation, whose parental species is the Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus).[2][3]

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References

BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis dominicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Arnaiz-Villena, A; Areces, C; Rey, D; Enríquez-de-Salamanca, M; Alonso-Rubio, J; Ruiz-del-Valle, V (2012). "Three Different North American Siskin/Goldfinch Evolutionary Radia-tions (Genus Carduelis): Pine Siskin Green Morphs and European Siskins in America" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 5: 73–81. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010073. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21.
Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). Phylogeography of Finches and Sparrows (PDF). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis dominicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Arnaiz-Villena, A; Areces, C; Rey, D; Enríquez-de-Salamanca, M; Alonso-Rubio, J; Ruiz-del-Valle, V (2012). "Three Different North American Siskin/Goldfinch Evolutionary Radia-tions (Genus Carduelis): Pine Siskin Green Morphs and European Siskins in America" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 5: 73–81. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010073. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21.

[3] Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). Phylogeography of Finches and Sparrows (PDF). Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3.