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Rhodopechys alienus  Whitaker, 1897
Taxonomic Serial No.: 997780

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus Whitaker, 1897
  
  Common Name(s): African Crimson-winged Finch [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyFringillidae Leach, 1820 – gros-becs, moineaux, roselins, Old World Finches, Finches, Hawaiian Honeycreepers  
                               GenusRhodopechys Cabanis, 1851  
                                  SpeciesRhodopechys alienus Whitaker, 1897 – African Crimson-winged Finch  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 5.3), website (version 5.3)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2015. IOC World Bird List (v 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 04 September, 2015]   
  Reference for: Rhodopechys alienus, African Crimson-winged Finch [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2015.02.01, website (version 01-Feb-15)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: 'Zoonomen Nomenclatural data' maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Rhodopechys alienus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Whitaker, J. I. S.  
  Publication Date: 1897   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 7, no. 48   
  Page(s): 9-19   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32475563   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Rhodopechys alienus is split from R.sanguineus (Kirwan et al. 2006) (IOC List v5.3)  
    Specific epithet originally spelled aliena. Mandatory correction for gender concordance to alienus  
 

 

    

 
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