BIOTA records Fringilla polatzeki as a valid, current and endemic species, with secure presence on Gran Canaria.
Conservation status pending species-specific verificationLegal protection pending species-specific mapping
Gran Canaria blue chaffinch
An endemic bird of Gran Canaria and one of the island’s most distinctive forest species.
Habitat and distribution
Gran Canaria pine forests and mountain woodland sites.
Recorded islands
Taxonomy
- taxonID
- BIOTA:V00087
- scientificName
- Fringilla polatzeki
- taxonRank
- species
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Fringillidae
- genus
- Fringilla
Sources
- BIOTA - Fringilla polatzekiOpen BIOTA record
- El medio natural terrestre de Gran CanariaView bibliographic record