Loxia portoricensis Daudin, 1800

Burns, Kevin J., Unitt, Philip & Mason, Nicholas A., 2016, A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4088 (3), pp. 329-354 : 334

4. Recognize Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, 1850

(type = Loxia portoricensis Daudin, 1800 , currently Loxigilla portoricensis ), for Loxigilla portoricensis , Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758) , and Loxigilla violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Fig. 2 ).

Comments. Burns et al. (2014) recommended merging these three species into Melopyrrha . However, Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, 1850, has priority over Melopyrrha Bonaparte, 1853 (type = Loxia nigra Linnaeus, 1758 , currently Melopyrrha nigra ), and cannot be considered a nomen oblitum. Having priority, Pyrrhulagra needs to be used for these species, as Pyrrhulagra portoricensis , P. nigra , and P. violacea .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Maximum clade credibility tree from the Bayesian analyses of Burns et al. (2014). Subfamilies Coerebinae and Tachyphoninae shown. Labeling and format as in Fig. 1.