Crested finchbill
{{Short description|Species of songbird}}
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| image = Crested Finchbill - Thailand_S4E0323 (16864496080).jpg
| image_caption = In Thailand
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Spizixos
| species = canifrons
| authority = Blyth, 1845
| range_map = Spizixos canifrons distribution map.png
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The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in south-eastern Asia from China and India to Indochina.
Taxonomy
The crested finchbill was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth under the binomial name Spizixos canifrons. He specified the type locality as Cherrapunji in the Indian state of Meghalaya of northeast India.{{ cite journal | last=Blyth | first=Edward | author-link=Edward Blyth | year=1845 | title=Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued) | journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal | volume=14, Part 2 | issue=164 | pages=546–602 [571–572] | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40127346 }} The specific epithet combines the Latin canus meaning "grey" with frons meaning "forehead".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=88 }}
=Subspecies=
Two subspecies are recognized:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2021 | title=Bulbuls | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=27 June 2021}}
- S. c. canifrons Blyth, 1845 – Found in north-eastern India and western Myanmar
- S. c. ingrami Bangs & Phillips, JC, 1914 – Found in eastern Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina
References
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External links
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Spizixos_canifrons.html Image and Classification at Animal Diversity Web]
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Category:Birds of Northeast India
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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