Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | menjagrà de Cuba |
Dutch | Cubaans Dikbekje |
English | Cuban Bullfinch |
English (United States) | Cuban Bullfinch |
French | Pèrenoir négrito |
French (France) | Pèrenoir négrito |
German | Schwarzgimpeltangare |
Icelandic | Svarttittlingur |
Japanese | キューバクロウソ |
Norwegian | negritospurv |
Polish | gilówka czarna |
Russian | Снегирёвый семилеро |
Serbian | Kubanska zimovka |
Slovak | ostrovčan hýľovkár |
Slovenian | Kubanski kalin |
Spanish | Semillero Negrito |
Spanish (Cuba) | Negrito |
Spanish (Spain) | Semillero negrito |
Swedish | kubatangara (taylori) |
Turkish | Küba Şakrağı |
Ukrainian | Насіннєїд чорний |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised the account and standardized the content with Clements taxonomy. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Melopyrrha nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Definitions
- MELOPYRRHA
- nigra
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Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published October 24, 2023
Diet and Foraging
Introduction
Seventy-two plant species have been recorded in the diet of this species (27, Hechevarria et al. 2005, 32, 34). Cuban Bullfinch feeds on a wide variety of fruits, flower buds, seeds, and insects. The species is also known to practice nectar robbing (36). Todd (27) reported it feeding on the flower buds of Jatropha glaucovirens. Around Siboney-Jutici, Cuban Bullfinch feeds on flower buds of Senna atomaria, as well as on the fruit and seeds of Consolea macracantha and Pilosocerus brooksianus (E. E. Iñigo-Elias pers. obs.).
List of plants consumed by Cuban Bullfinch (27, 36, 32, 34; E. E. Iñigo-Elias pers. obs.):
Species |
Family |
Part consumed |
Acalypha spp. |
Euphorbiaceae |
fruit |
Angelonia angustifolia |
Plantaginaceae |
flower, nectar |
Annona squamosa |
Anonacea |
|
Baccharis halimifolia |
Asteraceae |
fruit |
Baccharis scoparia |
Compositae |
|
Batis maritima |
Bataceae |
fruit |
Bidens reptans |
Asteracea |
nectar |
Bursera simaruba |
Burseraceae |
fruit |
Calliandra surinamensis |
Mimosacea |
nectar |
Canavalia nitida |
Leguminosae |
nectar |
Chioccoca alba |
Rubiaceae |
fruit |
Chromolaena odorata |
Compositae |
|
Cissampelos pareira |
Menispermaceae |
|
Clethra cubensis |
Clethraceae |
nectar |
Clidemia hirta |
Melastomataceae |
fruit |
Coccoloba diversifolia |
Polygonaceae |
flower buds |
Colubrina elliptica |
Rhamnaceae |
fruit |
Conocarpus erectus |
Combretaceae |
fruit |
Consolea macracantha |
Cactaceae |
fruit |
Crotalaria retusa |
Leguminosae |
|
Cyrilla racemiflora |
Cyrillaceae |
|
Cytharexylum caudatum |
Verbenaceae |
|
Dendropanax arboreus |
Araliaceae |
nectar |
Emilia sonchiflora |
Compositae |
|
Erithalis fruticosa |
Rubiaceae |
fruit |
Eucalyptus spp. |
Myrtaceae |
|
Eugenia foetida |
Myrtaceae |
fruit |
Ficus laevigata |
Moraceae |
fruit |
Hedyosmum nutans |
Chloranthaceae |
|
Heliotropium curassavicum |
Boraginaceae |
fruit |
Hibiscus elatus |
Malvacea |
|
Ilex macfadyenii |
Aquifoliaceae |
|
Jacquiniella globosa |
Orchidaceae |
|
Jatropha glaucovirens |
Euphorbiaceae |
flower buds |
Lantana camara |
Verbenaceae |
nectar |
Lantana involucrata |
Verbenaceae |
fruit |
Lasiasis divaricata |
Poaceae |
seed |
Lithaene pauciflora |
Poaceae |
|
Matayba dominguensis |
Sapindaceae |
|
Metopium toxiferum |
Anacardiaceae |
fruit |
Myrica punctata |
Myricaceae |
nectar |
Myrsine coriacea |
Primulaceae |
|
Palicourea alpina |
Rubiaceae |
nectar |
Palicourea erocea |
Rubiaceae |
|
Panicum glutinosum |
Poaceae |
|
Passiflora cuprea |
Passifloraceae |
flower nectar |
Passiflora sexflora |
Passifloraceae |
|
Phillanthus spp. |
Euphorbiaceae |
fruit |
Phorandendron randiae |
Loranthaceae |
fruit |
Phytolaca icosandra |
Poaceae |
|
Pinus caribaea |
Pinaceae |
|
Pithecellobium unguis-cati |
Mimosaceae |
fruit |
Pilosocereus brooksianus |
Cactaceae |
fruit, seed |
Pluchea carolinensis |
Asteraceae |
seed |
Psidium guajava |
Myrtaceae |
|
Psychotria pubescens |
Rubiaceae |
nectar |
Russelia equisetiformis |
Plantaginaceae |
nectar |
Satureja viminea |
Lamiaceae |
nectar |
Senna atomaria |
Leguminosae |
flower buds |
Setaria geniculata |
Poaceae |
|
Solanum antillarum |
Solanaceae |
|
Suriana maritima |
Simaroubaceae |
seed |
Syzygium jambos |
Myrtaceae |
nectar |
Teramnus uncinatus |
Leguminosae |
nectar |
Tournefortia voluvilis |
Boraginaceae |
fruit |
Trema lamarckiana |
Cannabaceae |
|
Triumfetta semitriloba |
Malvaceae |
nectar |
Varronia globosa |
Boraginaceae |
|
Vernonia angusticeps |
Boraginaceae |
|
Vernonia menthifolia |
Boraginaceae |
|
Waltheria indica |
Malvaceae |
flower |