31 relations: Archipelago, Azores, Azores bullfinch, Binomial nomenclature, Brown bullfinch, Carl Linnaeus, Clade, Critically endangered, Cytochrome b, Eurasian bullfinch, Evolution, Extinction, Finch, Grey-headed bullfinch, Himalayas, Holarctic, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Miocene, Mitochondrial DNA, Mountain finch, Nucleic acid sequence, Orange bullfinch, Palearctic realm, Passerine, Pine grosbeak, Red-headed bullfinch, São Miguel Island, Tautonym, The Condor (journal), White-cheeked bullfinch, Year.
Archipelago
An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
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Azores
The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
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Azores bullfinch
The Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina), also known as the São Miguel bullfinch, or locally in Portuguese as the Priolo, is an endangered passerine bird in the true finch family.
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Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Brown bullfinch
The brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) is a species of bird in the true finch (or Fringillidae) family.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
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Clade
A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".
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Critically endangered
A critically endangered (CR) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
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Cytochrome b
Cytochrome b is a protein found in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells.
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Eurasian bullfinch
The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Extinction
In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.
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Finch
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.
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Grey-headed bullfinch
The grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
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Holarctic
The Holarctic is the name for the biogeographic realm that encompasses the majority of habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world, combining Wallace's Palearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North Africa and all of Eurasia (with the exception of the southern Arabian Peninsula, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent), and the Nearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North America, north of Mexico.
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Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
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Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
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Mountain finch
The mountain finches are birds in the genus Leucosticte from the true finch family, Fringillidae.
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Nucleic acid sequence
A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of letters that indicate the order of nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.
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Orange bullfinch
The orange bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
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Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight biogeographic realms on the Earth's surface, first identified in the 19th century, and still in use today as the basis for zoogeographic classification.
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Passerine
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.
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Pine grosbeak
The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.
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Red-headed bullfinch
The red-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythrocephala) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae, found all across the Himalayas and adjacent highlands.
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São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island (named for the Archangel Michael or, literally, Portuguese for Saint Michael), is also referred to locally as "The Green Island", is the largest and most populous island in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.
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Tautonym
A tautonym is a scientific name of a species in which both parts of the name have the same spelling, for example Rattus rattus.
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The Condor (journal)
The Condor: Ornithological Applications is a peer-reviewed weekly scientific journal covering ornithology.
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White-cheeked bullfinch
The white-cheeked bullfinch (Pyrrhula leucogenis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
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Year
A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhula