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Grand Cayman bullfinch
Conservation status
Grand Cayman bullfinch
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Melopyrrha
Species:
M. taylori
Binomial name
Melopyrrha taylori
Hartert, EJO, 1896
Synonyms
  • Loxia taylori
  • Loxigilla taylori
  • Pyrrhulagra taylori
  • Melopyrrha nigra taylori

The Grand Cayman bullfinch (Melopyrrha taylori) is a threatened bird endemic to the island of Grand Cayman. It is the only bird species endemic to the Cayman Islands since the extinction of the Grand Cayman thrush (Turdus ravidus), though several bird subspecies are also endemic.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Pyrrhulagra taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T103813133A180218485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T103813133A180218485.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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