Species of bird
The lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis bird in the family Thraupidae .
It is found in Saint Barth , Saint Martin , Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , the British Virgin Islands , and the U.S. Virgin Islands .
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest , subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest , and heavily degraded former forest.
The lesser Antillean bullfinch was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the twelfth edition of his Systema Naturae binomial name Fringilla noctis .[ 2] Mathurin Jacques Brisson had described and illustrated in 1760.[ 3] noctis is from the Latin nox meaning "night".[ 4] genus Loxigilla René Lesson .[ 5] [ 6]
Eight subspecies are recognised:[ 6]
L. n. coryi (Ridgway , 1898) – northwest Lesser AntillesL. n. ridgwayi (Cory , 1892) – US Virgin Islands and north Lesser AntillesL. n. desiradensis Danforth, 1937 – La Désirade (north-central Lesser Antilles)L. n. dominicana (Ridgway, 1898) – north-central Lesser AntillesL. n. noctis (Linnaeus, 1766) – Martinique L. n. sclateri Allen, JA , 1880 – Saint Lucia L. n. crissalis (Ridgway, 1898) – Saint Vincent L. n. grenadensis (Cory, 1892) – Grenada In 2006 the Barbados bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis ) was elevated to the species level; previously the species had been considered as the only non-sexually dimorphic subspecies of the Lesser Antillean bullfinch.[ 7] [ 8]
Male on St. John, USVI
Male on St. John, USVI
Female on St. John, USVI
^ BirdLife International (2018). "Loxigilla noctis " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e.T22734677A132183438. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22734677A132183438.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021 . ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1766). Systema naturae: per regna tria natura, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis 320– 321.^ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés 118– 119, Plate 7 fig. 1.^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 ^ Lesson, René (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique ^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 November 2020 .^ Buckley, P.A.; Buckley, F.G. (2004). "Rapid speciation by a Lesser Antillean endemic, Barbados Bullfinch Loxigilla barbadensis " . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 125 : 108– 123. ^ Banks, R.C.; Cicero, C.; Dunn, J.L.; Kratter, A.W.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Remsen, J.V.; Rising, J.D.; Stotz, D.F. (2006). "Forty-Seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds" . The Auk . 123 (3): 926– 936. doi :10.1093/auk/123.3.926 
