#1197 · 🐦 birds

Azores Chaffinch

🇳🇱 Azorenvink ·Fringilla moreletti

🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © zschmolka · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © harry beaman · CC BY 4.0
3. © Carlo · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Chelo Meneses · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. Ribeira Grande, Portugal:© Martin Gutewort · CC BY 4.0
6. Vila Franca Do Campo, Azores, PT:© Arne Van Der Biest · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ponta Delgada, Portugal:© Sebastian Voitel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lagoa das Furnas, 9675, Portugal:© Miguel Berkemeier · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. São Miguel Island, Vila Franca do Campo, Ilha de São Miguel, PT:© zschmolka · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Punta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal:© Jean-Sébastien Chartier-Dumais · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Azores chaffinch ( Fringilla moreletti ) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It was a subspecies of the common chaffinch, but has now been elevated to species level. It is endemic to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, part of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is locally known as the tentilhão or sachão .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,865iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).