Slender-billed greenfinch

The slender-billed greenfinch (Chloris aurelioi) is an extinct songbird in the finch family Fringillidae. It was found in the island Tenerife of the Canary Islands. It was described on September 23, 2010. It occurred during the Holocene epoch.[1]

Slender-billed greenfinch
Temporal range: Holocene
Cranium and mandible (B)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Chloris
Species:
C. aurelioi
Binomial name
Chloris aurelioi
(Rando et al., 2010)
Synonyms

Carduelis aurelioi

Description

Restoration

This bird was like many greenfinch species in its coloring, being olive green throughout most of the body. Its bill, as the name suggests, is longer and thinner than most Carduelis finches.

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