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A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)
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4. Recognize Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, 1850
(type = Loxia portoricensis Daudin, 1800, currently Loxigilla portoricensis), for Loxigilla portoricensis, Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758), and Loxigilla violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. 2).
Comments. Burns et al. (2014) recommended merging these three species into Melopyrrha. However, Pyrrhulagra Bonaparte, 1850, has priority over Melopyrrha Bonaparte, 1853 (type = Loxia nigra Linnaeus, 1758, currently Melopyrrha nigra), and cannot be considered a nomen oblitum. Having priority, Pyrrhulagra needs to be used for these species, as Pyrrhulagra portoricensis, P. nigra, and P. violacea.
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Published as part of Burns, Kevin J., Unitt, Philip & Mason, Nicholas A., 2016, A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes), pp. 329-354 in Zootaxa 4088 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/266311
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