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Passerina caerulea  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 726198

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Guiraca caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Common Name(s): Blue Grosbeak [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                            FamilyCardinalidae  – Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Saltators, Cardinal-Grosbeaks  
                               GenusPasserina Vieillot, 1816 – Varied Buntings  
                                  SpeciesPasserina caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blue Grosbeak  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea chiapensis (Nelson, 1898)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea deltarhyncha (Van Rossem, 1938)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea eurhyncha (Coues, 1874)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea interfusa (Dwight & Griscom, 1927)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea lazula (Lesson, 1842)  
                                     Subspecies Passerina caerulea salicaria (Grinnell, 1911)  
       

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  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2007), website (version Jul-2007)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "List of the 2,046 Bird Species (With Scientific and English Names) Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-48), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak [English]   
       
  Source: Gill & Wright (2006) corrigenda/updates - 21-Sep-2007, website (version 1.1)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Corrigenda & updates for "BIRDS OF THE WORLD Recommended English Names" available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/   
  Reference for: Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak [English]   
       
  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: Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak [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: Passerina caerulea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition   
  Page(s): liv + 829   
  Publisher: American Ornithologists' Union   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-00-X   
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  Reference for: Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Forty-third supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 119, no. 3   
  Page(s): 897-906   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Passerina caerulea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brinkhuizen, Dusan M., Daniel López Velasco, Joan Ferrer Obiol, Guillermo Rodríguez, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: First record of Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea in western Ecuador   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cotinga, vol. 33   
  Page(s): 81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1353-985X   
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  Reference for: Passerina caerulea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd Edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Passerina caerulea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gibson, Daniel D., and Brina Kessel  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: Seventy-four new avian taxa documented in Alaska 1976-1991   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Condor, vol. 94, no. 2   
  Page(s): 454-467   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0010-5422   
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  Reference for: Passerina caerulea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McLaren, Ian A.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Incidence of Vagrant Landbirds on Nova Scotian Islands   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 98, no. 2   
  Page(s): 243-257   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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  Reference for: Passerina caerulea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Incidental  
    Alaska, Incidental  
    Caribbean Territories, Incidental  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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