Madeiran chaffinch

Madeiran chaffinch
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Fringillinae
Genus: Fringilla
Species:
F. maderensis
Binomial name
Fringilla maderensis
Sharpe, 1888
Synonyms
  • Fringilla coelebs maderensis
  • Fringilla tintillon madeirensis
    Koenig, 1890
Exemplar of Madeiran chaffinch.

The Madeiran chaffinch (Fringilla maderensis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It was formerly a subspecies of the common chaffinch, but is now generally considered to be a species in its own right.[1] It is endemic to the Portuguese island of Madeira, part of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is locally known as the tentilhão.

  1. ^ Clement, Peter; Kirwan, Guy M.; Hansasuta, Chuenchom (2023). "Madeira Chaffinch (Fringilla maderensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World.