Sulphur-throated finch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Sicalis |
Species: | S. taczanowskii |
Binomial name | |
Sicalis taczanowskii Sharpe, 1888 | |
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