Tenerife blue chaffinch Tenerife blue chaffinch 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. Until 2015 the species "Fringilla teydea" was classified in two subspecies: "Fringilla teydea polatzeki" from Gran Canaria and "Fringilla teydea teydea" from Tenerife. However, a study published in March 2016 showed that a classification as different species, "Fringilla polatzeki" and "Fringilla teydea", is justified. Blue chaffinches resemble common chaffinches, but they are noticeably larger, and
Lanzarote support of the King of Castile) came and fought the local Guanches, who were further decimated. The islands of Fuerteventura and El Hierro were later similarly conquered. In 1477, a decision by the royal council of Castile confirmed a grant of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, with the smaller islands of Ferro and Gomera to the Castilian nobles Herrera, who held their fief until the end of the 18th century. In 1585, the Ottoman admiral Murat Reis temporarily seized Lanzarote. In the 17th century, pirates raided the island and took 1,000 inhabitants into slavery in Cueva de los Verdes. From 1730 to