Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is made up of four extant species endemic to the Greater Antilles, along with 1 possibly extinct species from the island of Saint Kitts in the Lesser Antilles.
| Melopyrrha | |
|---|---|
| Cuban bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Melopyrrha Bonaparte, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Loxia nigra Linnaeus, 1858 | |
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