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title: "Teydefink"
description: "Fringilla teydea — Vögel. The Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/tenerife-blue-chaffinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Teydefink

> Fringilla teydea — Vögel. The Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Fringilla teydea*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 763
- iNaturalist taxon: [979721](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979721)

## Names

- en: Tenerife Blue Chaffinch
- de: Teydefink
- es: Pinzón Azul de Tenerife
- fr: Pinson bleu

## Countries with the most observations

ES (732)

## Summary

The Tenerife blue chaffinch (Fringilla teydea) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. This bird is the natural symbol of this island, together with the Canary Islands dragon tree.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_blue_chaffinch

## Photo

![Teydefink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tenerife-blue-chaffinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Concannon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341436131

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tenerife-blue-chaffinch?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).