Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Platyspiza (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Vegetarian Finch
Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) Female ENDEMIC
Urbina Bay, Isla Isabella, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Lip Kee Yap     Copyright and usage info

One of Darwin's finches, and one of the largest. Found on San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Santiago, Pinta and Fernandina Islands (Wikipedia). Male has black head and breast.


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