Large Ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. Also, subtropical and tropical dry forest.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador.

Gal�pagos Islands of Ecuador.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris) [XC443178]
by Eric DeFonso from Charles Darwin Center, Puerto Ayora, Islas Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador (song)

Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris) [XC105783]
by id from Camino a Bahia Tortuga, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent molecular-genetic research suggests that the Galapagos group consisting of present genus and Certhidea, Platyspiza and Camarhynchus, known collectively as "Darwin's finches", is allied to the tanagers (Thraupidae), being closest to Coereba, Tiaris and several Caribbean genera. Present species hybridizes rarely with Espanola Cactus-finch (Geospiza conirostris) on Genovesa; on Santa Cruz, large-scale hybridization with Medium Ground-finch (Geospiza fortis) thought to have occurred.

References
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