The male is more brightly coloured than the female. It has a pinkish breast, bluish-grey cap and greenish-brown back. The female's colouring is more subdued with a cream breast and brownish back, but both sexes have prominent white wing-bars and tail-sides. The length is 14.5–16 cm (5.7–6.3 in).[2]
Distribution and habitatedit
The chaffinch is found only on the island of Madeira, being absent from other islands in the Madeiran archipelago. It is widespread through the hills of the island, occupying both the native laurisilvaforest and plantations of introduced trees, as well as in areas of heath, farmland and shrubland.[2]
Behaviouredit
Breedingedit
The Madeiran chaffinch nests between April and July. The female builds a cup-shaped nest lined with feathers in which she lays a clutch of four or five eggs and which she alone incubates for 12–15 days before they hatch. The male helps to feed the chicks.[2]
Referencesedit
Notesedit
^Clement, Peter; Kirwan, Guy M.; Hansasuta, Chuenchom (2023). "Madeira Chaffinch (Fringilla maderensis), version 1.0". Birds of the World.
madeiran, chaffinch, fringilla, maderensis, small, passerine, bird, finch, family, fringillidae, formerly, subspecies, common, chaffinch, generally, considered, species, right, endemic, portuguese, island, madeira, part, macaronesia, north, atlantic, ocean, lo. 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 tentilhao Madeiran chaffinch Male Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Fringillidae Subfamily Fringillinae Genus Fringilla Species F maderensis Binomial name Fringilla maderensisSharpe 1888 Synonyms Fringilla coelebs maderensis Fringilla tintillon madeirensis Koenig 1890 Exemplar of Madeiran chaffinch Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Behaviour 3 1 Breeding 4 References 4 1 Notes 4 2 SourcesDescription editThe male is more brightly coloured than the female It has a pinkish breast bluish grey cap and greenish brown back The female s colouring is more subdued with a cream breast and brownish back but both sexes have prominent white wing bars and tail sides The length is 14 5 16 cm 5 7 6 3 in 2 Distribution and habitat editThe chaffinch is found only on the island of Madeira being absent from other islands in the Madeiran archipelago It is widespread through the hills of the island occupying both the native laurisilva forest and plantations of introduced trees as well as in areas of heath farmland and shrubland 2 Behaviour editBreeding edit The Madeiran chaffinch nests between April and July The female builds a cup shaped nest lined with feathers in which she lays a clutch of four or five eggs and which she alone incubates for 12 15 days before they hatch The male helps to feed the chicks 2 References editNotes edit Clement Peter Kirwan Guy M Hansasuta Chuenchom 2023 Madeira Chaffinch Fringilla maderensis version 1 0 Birds of the World a b c madeirabirds com Sources edit Madeira Chaffinch madeirabirds com Retrieved 2010 08 06 nbsp This Fringillidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Madeiran chaffinch amp oldid 1182685567, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
