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Azores Bullfinch

Pyrrhula murina

Classification

Class
Aves

The Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina), also known as the São Miguel bullfinch, or locally in Portuguese as the priolo, is a threatened passerine bird in the true finch family. It is endemic to São Miguel Island, in the Azores archipelago of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The Azores bullfinch was first described in 1866 by British ornithologist Frederick Godman.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Portugal · 799