Puerto Rican euphonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Euphoniinae |
Genus: | Chlorophonia |
Species: | C. sclateri
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Binomial name | |
Chlorophonia sclateri (Sclater, PL, 1854)
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The Puerto Rican euphonia (Chlorophonia sclateri), or jilguero de Puerto Rico is a bird species in the finch family, Fringillidae that is endemic to the island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the Hispaniolan euphonia.[1]
It is found in Puerto Rico.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and heavily degraded former forest.