Gran Canaria blue chaffinch

An endemic bird of Gran Canaria and one of the island’s most distinctive forest species.

Gran Canaria blue chaffinch
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Identification

Scientific name
Fringilla polatzeki
Family
Fringillidae
Endemicity
Canary endemic
Conservation
Pending verification

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

Habitat and distribution

Gran Canaria pine forests and mountain woodland sites.

Recorded islands

Gran Canaria

Taxonomy

taxonID
BIOTA:V00087
scientificName
Fringilla polatzeki
taxonRank
species
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Fringillidae
genus
Fringilla

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