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Western Spindalis (Bahamas Black-backed)

Spindalis zena zena

Classification

Class
Aves

[[|thumb]] [[|thumb]] The western spindalis (Spindalis zena) is a songbird species. It was formerly considered conspecific with the other three species of Spindalis, with the common name stripe-headed tanager. Taxonomy The western spindalis was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1