| Spizixos | |
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| Collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Spizixos Blyth, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Spizixos canifrons (Crested finchbill) Blyth, 1845 | |
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Spizixos is a genus ofpasserine birds in the bulbul familyPycnonotidae.
The genusSpizixos was introduced in 1845 by the English zoologistEdward Blyth to accommodate thecrested finchbill.[1] The wordSpizixos combines theAncient Greekspiza meaning "finch" with the genus nameIxos that was introduced byCoenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825.[2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
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