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Length: 14-15 cm (5.5-5.75 in). Male: black with white along edge of wing; thick curved bill. Female: Cuban race is grayish-black, Cayman race is paler, more olive-gray. | Length: 14-15 cm (5.5-5.75 in). Male: black with white along edge of wing; thick curved bill. Female: Cuban race is grayish-black, Cayman race is paler, more olive-gray. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Only found in Cuba, where it is common and widespread, and Grand Cayman, where it is most abundant at South Sound Swamp, North Side and North Sound Estates. | + | Only found in [[Cuba]], where it is common and widespread, and Grand [[Cayman Islands|Cayman]], where it is most abundant at South Sound Swamp, North Side and North Sound Estates. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is the only [[West Indies |West Indian]] bullfinch species that does not belong to the genus ''Loxigilla''. Cuban Bullfinch has two subspecies, ''nigra'' on Cuba and [[Isle of Pines]], and ''taylori'' on Grand Cayman Island. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Found at all elevations, in woodlands, mangroves, brushy areas, and undergrowth in pine areas. | Found at all elevations, in woodlands, mangroves, brushy areas, and undergrowth in pine areas. | ||
Revision as of 01:33, 15 October 2007
- Melopyrrha nigra
Identification
Length: 14-15 cm (5.5-5.75 in). Male: black with white along edge of wing; thick curved bill. Female: Cuban race is grayish-black, Cayman race is paler, more olive-gray.
Distribution
Only found in Cuba, where it is common and widespread, and Grand Cayman, where it is most abundant at South Sound Swamp, North Side and North Sound Estates.
Taxonomy
This is the only West Indian bullfinch species that does not belong to the genus Loxigilla. Cuban Bullfinch has two subspecies, nigra on Cuba and Isle of Pines, and taylori on Grand Cayman Island.
Habitat
Found at all elevations, in woodlands, mangroves, brushy areas, and undergrowth in pine areas.
