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Saint Lucia black finch
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Melanospiza
Species: M. richardsoni
Binomial name
Melanospiza richardsoni
(Cory, 1886)

The Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Saint Lucia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Melanospiza richardsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22723725A180219096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22723725A180219096.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Melanospiza richardsoni
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