Passeriformes · Fringillidae
Tenerife blue chaffinch
Fringilla teydea Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1836
- Endemic to Spain
- Woodland, dehesa and scrub
- Mountains and crags
- Resident
A bluish finch of Tenerife's high pine forests, feeding mainly on Canary pine seeds.
Data
- Length
- 16–18 cm
- Wingspan
- 30–32 cm
- Weight
- 25–32 g
- Global IUCN
- Near threatened (NT)
- Protection in Spain
- Vulnerable
Approximate measurements.
Curiosity
It is among the most singular Canary birds, and the Gran Canaria form is now treated as a separate species.
Records by month
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F
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M
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J
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D
9,604 records in Spain
Where it has been recorded
Communities with enough GBIF records: these show observations, not breeding ranges.