GALLERIES > BIRDS > PASSERIFORMES > EMBERIZIDAE > LESSER ANTILLEAN BULLFINCH [Loxigilla noctis] [plot on map]
Location: Dominica, Lesser AntillesGPS: 15.4N, -61.4W, elev=940' MAP Date: October 20, 2009 ID : 7C2V4222 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Antigua, Lesser Antilles
Date: October 23, 2009
ID : 7C2V4464 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Saint Kitts (Saint Christopher Island)GPS: 17.3N, -62.8W, elev=660' MAP Date: October 24, 2009 ID : 7C2V4518 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Dominica, Lesser AntillesGPS: 15.4N, -61.4W, elev=940' MAP Date: October 20, 2009 ID : 7C2V4224 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Dominica, Lesser AntillesGPS: 15.4N, -61.4W, elev=940' MAP Date: October 20, 2009 ID : 7C2V4211 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in 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 forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Male photographed in St. Lucia
In 2006 the Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis) was elevated to the species level; previously the species had been considered only a non-sexually dimorphic subspecies of the Lesser Antillean Bullfinch.
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