Showing posts with label Genus Spizixos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genus Spizixos. Show all posts

Sunday, July 29, 2012

>Spizixos semitorques (Collared Finchbill)

Collared Finchbill



Collared Finchbill
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Spizixos
Species:S. semitorques
Binomial name
Spizixos semitorques
Swinhoe, 1861 Ibis
The Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
The species favors hilled forests at moderate elevations. Primarily a frugivore, the collared finch-billed bulbul also eats seeds and insects. The birds are typically monogamous, with females building nests in trees in which to lay their eggs.

>Spizixos canifrons (Crested Finchbill)

Crested Finchbill


Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) 



Crested Finchbill
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Spizixos
Species:S. canifrons
Binomial name
Spizixos canifrons
Blyth, 1845
The Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.

>>Genus Spizixos

Spizixos




Spizixos
Collared Finchbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Pycnonotidae
Genus:Spizixos
Blyth, 1845
Spizixos is a genus of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Crested Finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)
  • Collared Finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)