Slender-billed greenfinch

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

Carduelis aurelioi

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]

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.

References

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