Chlorophonia elegantissima

Chlorophonia elegantissima

Chlorophonia elegantissima — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Fringillidae
Subfamilia: Euphoniinae
Genus: Chlorophonia
Species: Chlorophonia elegantissima [sec. N&MACC 2021-A-1]
Subspecies: C. e. elegantissima – C. e. rileyi – C. e. vincens

Name

Chlorophonia elegantissima (Bonaparte, 1838)

Synonyms

• Pipra elegantissima (protonym)
• Euphonia coelestis Lesson, 1839 Rev.Zool. p. 42 BHL
• Pipra galericulata Giraud Jr., 1841 Descr.SixteenNewSp.N.Am.Birds p. 12 pl. 5 fig. 2 BHL
• Euphonia elegantissima (Bonaparte, 1838)
• Cyanophonia elegantissima (Bonaparte, 1838) [sec. Imfeld, Barker & Brumfield (2020)]

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1838 ("1837"). Descriptions of new or interesting Birds from South America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 5 no. 59: 108–122. BHL Reference page.  p. 112 BHL

Additional references

• Imfeld, T.S., Barker, F.K. & Brumfield, R.T.. 2020. Mitochondrial genomes and thousands of ultraconserved elements resolve the taxonomy and historical biogeography of the Euphonia and Chlorophonia finches (Passeriformes: Fringillidae). The Auk 137(3): 1–25 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa016 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Elegant Euphonia
español: Fruterito elegante

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