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Loxigilla

Loxigilla
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Loxigilla barbadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Loxigilla
Lesson, 1831
Species

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Loxigilla is the genus of Antillean bullfinches, birds in the family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family.

It contains the following species:



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