Telespiza flavissima = Telespiza cantans (Laysan Finch), eggs and nest Eggs and nest of Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans, synonym Telespiza flavissima)
Date between 1893 and 1900
Source Walter Rothschild. The Avifauna of Laysan and the neighbouring islands with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian possession. London: R.H. Porter, 1893-1900. Explanation
Author Künstler: John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TelespizaFlavissima_Ei.jpg
The Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that is endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of four remaining finch-billed Hawaiian honeycreepers. The Laysan finch is named after Laysan, the island to which it was endemic on its discovery. The male Laysan finch has yellow plumage with a whitish belly and a grey neck, while the female is duller with brown streaking. The Laysan finch is a large honeycreeper with a heavy bill. Laysan finches are generalists, feeding on seeds, small insects, fruit, carrion, and the eggs of nesting seabirds. The Laysan finch nests in vegetation, laying three eggs in a cup-shaped nest .
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Telespiza
Species: Telespiza cantans Wilson, SB, 1890
