Black Finches
Melanospiza
The Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is monotypic within the genus Melanospiza. It is endemic to Saint Lucia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 10598.