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Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch

Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki] (= Fringilla teydea) Barker-Webb, P; Berthelot, S; Moquin-Tandon, A 1836

The Tenerife blue chaffinch is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. This bird is the natural symbol of this island, together with the Canary Islands dragon tree. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Fringillidae
Genus:
   Fringilla
Scientific:
  Fringilla teydea

Original description

Citation:
  Barker-Webb, P; Berthelot, S; Moquin-Tandon, A 1836

Reference:
   Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 2, Zool. 2 pt2 Zool. Orn. p.20 pl.1

Protonym:
  Fringilla teydea

Type locality:
  Tenerife.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/128816#page/42/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C757AC22C38D9C6A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C757AC22

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C757AC22

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560121

Geographic range:

  • Fringilla teydea: Tenerife (Canary Islands)
  • Fringilla polatzeki: Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch
French:
Pinson bleu ou P. de Grande Canarie

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Teydefinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Teydefinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch ( Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pinson bleu ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pinson bleu ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Canary Islands Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Canary Islands Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Canary Islands Finch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2018:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Fringilla teydea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Fringilla teydea [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Fringilla teydea [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Teydefinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Teydefinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Blue Chaffinch ( Fringilla teydea) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Fringilla teydea [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Fringilla teydea [version 1]

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Catalan: Pinsà blau , Pinsà de les-Canàries
Czech: Penkava kanárská, pěnkava kanárská
Danish: Blå Bogfinke
German: Teydefink
English: Blue Chaffinch, Cab-nary Island Chaffinch, Canary Island chaffinch, Canary Islands Chaffinch, Canary Islands Finch, Tenerife or Gran Canaria Teydefinch, Teydean Chaffinch, Teydeanfinch, Teydefinch
English (IOC): Tenerife/Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch
Esperanto: Blua fringo
Spanish: Pinzón Azul, Pinzón de Teide, Pinzón del Teide, Pinzón zzul
Spanish (Spain): Pinzón Azul
Spanish (HBW): Pinzón zzul
Estonian: sinivint
Basque: Pinsà blau
Finnish: Kanarianpeippo
French: Pinson bleu, Pinson bleu ou P. de Grande Canarie, Pinson de Ténériffe ou P. de Grande Canarie, Pinson des Canaries
Galician: Pimpín azul, Pimpín do Teide, Pinsà blau
Hebrew: פרוש כחול
Croatian: Plava zeba
Hungarian: kék pinty
Icelandic: Blekfinka
Italian: Fringuello azzurro, Fringuello blu delle Canarie, Fringuello delle Canarie, Fringuello di Teide
Japanese (romaji): aoatori, kanariaoatori, kanari-aoatori
Japanese: アオアトリ, カナリアオアトリ, カナリーアオアトリ
Scientific: Fringilla [teydea or polatzeki], Fringilla teydea, Fringilla teydea teydea
Lithuanian: Kanarinis kikilis, Melsvasis kikilis
Dutch: Blauwe Vink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåfink
Norwegian: Blåfink
Polish: zieba kanaryjska, zięba kanaryjska, zieba kanaryjska LRcd, zięba kanaryjska LRcd, zięba modra
Portuguese: Tentilhão-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): Tentilhão-azul
Russian: Голубой зяблик, Синий зяблик
Slovak: Pinka modrá
Slovenian: kanarski šcinkavec, kanarski ščinkavec
Serbian: Plava zeba
Swedish: Blå bofink, blåfink
Turkish: mavi ispinoz, Mavi İspinoz
Ukrainian: Зяблик блакитний
Chinese: 蓝燕雀
Chinese (Traditional): 藍燕雀

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