St. Lucia Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni)
About the St. Lucia Black Finch
The Saint Lucia black finch (Melanospiza richardsoni) is an Endangered species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is endemic to Saint Lucia. The Saint Lucia black finch was formally described as Loxigilla richardsoni in 1886 by the American ornithologist Charles B. Cory. Cory named the species for W. E. Richardson, who provided him the type specimen "procured in Santa Lucia". In 1898 Robert Ridgway erected genus Melanospiza with Loxigilla richardsoni as the type species. The Saint Lucia black finch shares the genus with the black-faced grassquit (M. bicolor). The Saint Lucia black finch is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in St. Lucia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolorrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.