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The Blue Chaffinch, (Fringilla teydea), is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

This bird is restricted to mountain Canary Islands pine (Pinus canariensis) forests on Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the Canary IslandsComunidad Autonoma deCanarias ( In Detail) Capitals Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife Area total % of Spain Ranked 13th 7 447 km² 1,5% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 8th 1 843 755 4,4% 247,58/km² Demonym English Spanish. Its preference is for habitat at around 1100-2000m, but it will descend lower in bad weather. It builds its nest in a tree fork, and lays two eggs. This bird is not migratoryLong-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern he. This species may form small flocks outside the breeding season.

The Blue Chaffinch structurally resembles a large ChaffinchChaffinch : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Passeriformes : Fringillidae Fringilla coelebs Binomial name ''Fringilla coelebs ( Linnaeus, 1758) The Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs , is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird is widespre, but the breeding male is unmistakable, with its largely blue plumage and grey bill. The female is like a large dark grey-brown female Chaffinch, but the wing bars are much weaker.

The food is seeds, but unlike most finches, the young are fed extensively on insects.

The song is shorter and weaker than that of the Chaffinch, and the flight call is croakier.