Spindalis

See also: spindalis

Translingual

Spindalis nigricephala (Jamaican spindalis)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπίνδαλος (spíndalos, “kind of Indian bird”).

Proper noun

Spindalis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spindalidae – passerine birds of the West Indies, sometimes placed in family Thraupidae (tanagers) or Phaenicophilidae (palm tanagers).

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Passeroidea - superfamily; Spindalidae - family

Hypernyms

• (genus): Spindalis nigricephala (Jamaican spindalis) - type species; Spindalis dominicensis (Hispaniolan spindalis), Spindalis portoricensis (Puerto Rican spindalis), Spindalis zena (Western spindalis) - other species

References

• Spindalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spindalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spindalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Spindalis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Spindalis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phaenicophilidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN