Meaning of slender-billed greenfinch | Babel Free

Definitions

Chloris aurelioi, an extinct species of finch closely related to the European greenfinch (Chloris chloris), known only from fossil remains in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

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“Analysis of bones discovered in caves on the islands has revealed the former presence of additional endemic species […] These include the Long-legged Bunting and Slender-billed Greenfinch of Tenerife, both of which were essentially flightless and therefore easy prey for introduced predators.”

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