About the Cuban Bullfinch
The Cuban bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a species of songbird belonging to the genus Melopyrrha. It is a member of the tanager family Thraupidae falls under the subfamily Coerebinae, which also includes Darwin's finches.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Melopyrrha nigra
- Family
- Tanagers and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the tanagers and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Azure-rumped Tanager Poecilostreptus cabanisi
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
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