Finsch's euphonia (Euphonia finschi) is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae. It is found in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and eastern Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
| Finsch's euphonia | |
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| Finsch's euphonia (top), illustration by Joseph Smit, 1886 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Euphoniinae |
| Genus: | Euphonia |
| Species: | E. finschi
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| Euphonia finschi P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1877
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The common name and scientific name commemorate the German ethnographer, naturalist and colonial explorer Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (8 August 1839 - 31 January 1917, Braunschweig).[2]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Euphonia finschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722718A94780074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722718A94780074.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Birds? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 127.
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