Azores Chaffinch
Photo: Bo Mertz · CC BY-SA 2.0

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Azores Chaffinch

Fringilla moreletti

NENot Evaluated Endemic to Portugal
Family
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Azores chaffinch (Fringilla moreletti) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the Eurasian chaffinch F. coelebs, and formerly treated as a subspecies of it. Genetic, morphological, and vocal differences from it have resulted in it being elevated to species level in 2021. It is endemic to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, part of Macaronesia in the warm temperate northern Atlantic Ocean. It is locally known as the tentilhão or sachão.

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Range and habitat

Azores.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.