Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866
Azores bullfinch, São Miguel bullfinch, priolo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 1967 (Aubrecht, 2000)
Distribution
São Miguel Island, Azores archipelago, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Godman, F. D. (1866). On the birds of the Azores. Ibis 2: 88-108, pl.7.
Other references:
Aubrecht, Gerhard. (2000). The Azores Bullfinch - Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866. The history of a bird species: persecuted - missing - rediscovered - protected (?). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 102B: 23-62.
Costa, Tarso de M. M. et al. (2023). How Many Azores Bullfinches (Pyrrhula murina) Are There in the World? Case Study of a Threatened Species. Diversity 15(5): 685. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15050685
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [pp. 260-261]
Ramos, J. A. (1993). Status and Ecology of the Priolo or Azores Bullfinch, Pyrrhula murina. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ramos, J. A. (1995). The Diet of the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina and Floristic Variation within Its Range. Biol. Conserv. 71: 237-249.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]