Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis) - HBW 16, p. 674

French: Pèrenoir de Barbade German: Barbadosgimpelfink Spanish: Semillero de Barbados

Taxonomy: Loxigilla barbadensis Cory, 1886, Barbados.
Genus may belong in tanager family (Thraupidae); appears to be part of a clade which also includes several other Caribbean genera (Euneornis, Loxipasser, Melopyrrha, Melanospiza), Tiaris grassquits, Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), and “Darwin’s finches” (Certhidea, Platyspiza, Pinaroloxias, Camarhynchus, Geospiza). Formerly considered conspecific with L. noctis. Monotypic.

Distribution: Barbados.