Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
Canary-winged Finch (Melanodera melanodera) - HBW 16, p. 610
French: Mélanodère à sourcils blancs
German: Schwarzkehl-Ammerfink
Spanish: Yal Cejiblanco
Other common names: White-bridled/Black-throated Finch; Falkland Black-throated Finch (melanodera)
Taxonomy: Emberiza melanodera Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, Falkland Islands.
Likely that genus belongs within tanager family (Thraupidae), but molecular data needed to support this assertion. Some morphological and plumage features suggest relationship with Rowettia. Races well differentiated, geographically isolated from each other, and perhaps better treated as two separate species; further work required. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- princetoniana (W. E. D. Scott, 1900) - S Chile (Magallanes) and S Argentina (Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego).
- melanodera (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - Falkland Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding on the ground Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 1 year ago 37 sec 4.8 -
An adult male picking seeds from mosses and calling Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
Laurent Demongin 21 November 2008 2 years ago 52 sec 4.7 -
A male picking seeds from the ground Locality Gypsy Cove, East Falkland Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Greg Baker 25 February 2005 1 year ago 51 sec 4.3 -
A male singing Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 1 year ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A female feeding on the ground and briefly raising its wings to reveal underwing pattern Locality Gypsy Cove, East Falkland Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Greg Baker 25 February 2005 1 year ago 35 sec 4 -
A male foraging on dry grass Locality Sea Lion Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 October 2000 4 years ago 18 sec 3.6
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A male feeding on the ground
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
An adult male
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird calling from the ground
Locality Cape Virgenes, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (ssp princetoniana)
Santiago Imberti 30 September 2007 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult male feeding
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 20 November 2008 3 years ago 3 -
An adult male taking seeds in the moss
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 20 November 2008 3 years ago 2.5 -
An adult feeding on the ground.
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (ssp melanodera)
Christophe Gouraud 19 December 2008 2 years ago 1.5
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A male singing Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
(ssp melanodera)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 1 year ago 5 -
A male singing Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
Laurent Demongin 26 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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