Antillean siskin
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.
| Antillean siskin | |
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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 | |
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Carduelis dominicensis | |
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]
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis dominicensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- 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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