Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Passeriformes > Family: Fringillidae > Genus: Fringilla > Species: Fringilla teydea > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Fringilla teydea polatzeki Hartert, 1905

Blue Chaffinch - Fringilla teydea Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon, 1836

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	4 are designated for this species

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Near Threatened

Europe

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000095	Spain	Tigaiga	Map
ES0000107	Spain	Montes y cumbre de Tenerife	Map
ES0000110	Spain	Ayagaures y Pilancones	Map
ES0000346	Spain	Tamadaba	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Blå bofink	Swedish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Blå Bogfinke	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Blauwe vink	Dutch	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Blue Chaffinch	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Canary Island Chaffinch	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Fringuello di Teide	Italian	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kanarianpeippo	Finnish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Pinson bleu	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Pinzón del Teide	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Teidefink	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Tentilhão-azul	Portuguese	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

Synonym	Author
Fringilla polatzeki
Fringilla teydea
Fringilla teydea

Other resources

Bird action plan
EURing code:16370	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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