Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760

Pieper, H., Olson, Storrs L., Pereira, F. & Alcover, J. A., 2017, A new extinct species of large bullfinch (Aves: Fringillidae: Pyrrhula) from Graciosa Island (Azores, North Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 4282 (3), pp. 567-583 : 570

Genus Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760

The boneS deSCrIbed here are referred to Pyrrhula by the followIng CharaCterIStICS. The bIll IS CharaCterIStICally Short and wIde, the noStrIlS are large and Subquadrangular and the parS SymphySIalIS of the mandIble IS Short Compared wIth other FrIngIllIdae, SuCh aS Fringilla , Carduelis , Serinus , or Coccothraustes (e.g., Moreno 1984). In addItIon, the quadrate of Pyrrhula haS the CondyluS medIalIS relatIvely larger Compared wIth other FrIngIllIdae . The comparisons are focused on the new taxon’s closest relatives so we have not compared it with other eXtant or eXtInCt InSular large bIlled fInCheS.