Laysan Finch Telespiza cantans Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Marie P. Morin and Sheila Conant
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2002
Text last updated January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Лайзанска чинка |
| Catalan | palila de Laysan |
| Croatian | lajsanska havajka |
| Dutch | Laysanvink |
| English | Laysan Finch |
| English (United States) | Laysan Finch |
| Estonian | laysani nestevint |
| French | Psittirostre de Laysan |
| French (Canada) | Psittirostre de Laysan |
| German | Laysankleidervogel |
| Japanese | レイサンハワイマシコ |
| Norwegian | laysanfink |
| Polish | hawajka grubodzioba |
| Russian | Лайсанская вьюрковая цветочница |
| Serbian | Lajsanska zeba |
| Slovak | havajčan laysanský |
| Spanish | Palila de Laysan |
| Spanish (Spain) | Palila de Laysan |
| Swedish | laysanfink |
| Turkish | Laysan İspinozu |
| Ukrainian | Гавайниця лайсанська |
Telespiza cantans Wilson, 1890
PROTONYM:
Telespyza cantans
Wilson, 1890. Ibis ser.6, 2, no.7, p.341 pl.9.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Midway Island ; error = Layson Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- TELESPIZA
- cantans
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Current distribution of the Laysan and Nihoa Finch
The Laysan Finch historically is a natural population on Laysan Island and introduced population on Pearl and Hermes Atoll, and Nihoa Finch has a natural population on Nihoa Island. Introduced populations of Laysan Finches on Midway Atoll and Nihoa Finches on French Frigate Shoals are extirpated.
