Black-capped siskin

The black-capped siskin (Spinus atriceps) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-capped siskin
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Spinus
Species:
S. atriceps
Binomial name
Spinus atriceps
(Salvin, 1863)
Synonyms

Carduelis atriceps

Phylogeny

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2][3][4]

Identification

Spinus atriceps has been defined as a finch with a gray wash and a black cap.[5]However, other green morphs have been also identified with Spinus atriceps, but apparently they are pine siskin (S. pinus) green morphs.[5]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Carduelis atriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Zamora, J; Moscoso J; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Ernesto L; Serrano-Vela JI; Ira-Cachafeiro J; Arnaiz-Villena A (2006). "Conjoint mitochondrial phylogenetic trees for canaries Serinus spp. and goldfinches Carduelis spp. show several specific polytomies" (PDF). Ardeola. 53 (1): 1–17.
  3. Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Moscoso J; Serrano-Vela JI; Zamora J (2007). "mtDNA phylogeny of North American Carduelis pinus group" (PDF). Ardeola. 54 (1): 1–14.
  4. Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Animal Genetics. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  5. Arnaiz-Villena, A; Areces, C; Rey, D; Enríquez-de-Salamanca, M; Alonso-Rubio, J; Ruiz-del-Valle, V (2012). "Three Different North American Siskin/Goldfinch Evolutionary Radia-tions (Genus Carduelis): Pine Siskin Green Morphs and European Siskins in America". The Open Ornithology Journal. 5: 73–81. doi:10.2174/1874453201205010073.


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