Chloris aurelioi Rando et al. 2010 (slender-billed greenfinch)

Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae

Alternative combination: Carduelis aurelioi

Full reference: J. C. Rando, J. A. Alcover, and J. C. Illera. 2010. Disentangling ancient interactions: a new extinct passerine provides insights on character displacement among extinct and extant island finches. PLoS One 5(e12956)

Belongs to Chloris according to G. Sangster 2021

See also Rando et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Chloris chloris, Chloris triasi

Type specimen: DZUL 3047, a skull. Its type locality is Galería de los Pájaros, Cueva del Viento, Tenerife, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave siliciclastic in Spain.

Distribution: found only at Galería de los Pájaros, Cueva del Viento, Tenerife

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