St. Lucia Black Finch

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

The St. Lucia Black Finch is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

St. Lucia Black Finch: I had trouble with this species. I saw one male on the Millet Bird trail. I looked at a lot of Bullfinches before finding it. Once you find the Black Finch, it is surprisingly different from the Bullfinch. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Emberizidae
Genus : Melanospiza
Species : richardsoni
Authority : (Cory, 1886)