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Laysan finch (Telespiza cantans)
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Telespiza cantans)
Date between 1893 and 1900
Source Walter Rothschild. The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possession. London: R.H. Porter, 1893-1900.
Author
John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telespiza_cantans1.jpg
The Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that is endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of four remaining finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreepers. The Laysan finch is named after Laysan, the island to which it was endemic on its discovery. The male Laysan finch has yellow plumage with a whitish belly and a grey neck, while the female is duller with brown streaking. The Laysan finch is a large honeycreeper with a heavy bill. Laysan finches are generalists, feeding on seeds, small insects, fruit, carrion, and the eggs of nesting seabirds. The Laysan finch nests in vegetation, laying three eggs in a cup-shaped nest .
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Telespiza
Species: Telespiza cantans Wilson, SB, 1890 |
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