Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris)

Other Scientific Names
Camarhynchus crassirostris [BirdLife International (2004)], Camarhynchus crassirostris [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Camarhynchus crassirostris [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Vegetarian Finch, Vegetarian Tree-finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. Also, montane moist forest. From sea-level - 500 m.

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 (more (2)...)

Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) [XC28528]
by Eric DeFonso from Gal\u00e1pagos: highlands of Santa Cruz, Ecuador (song)

Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) [XC114006]
by Edison Oca\u00f1a from Camino a Bahia Tortuga, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic research suggests that the Galapagos group consisting of present genus and Certhidea, Camarhynchus and Geospiza, known collectively as "Darwin's finches", is allied to the tanagers (Thraupidae), being closest to Coereba, Tiaris and several Caribbean genera. Genus sometimes subsumed in Camarhynchus, but represents a relatively old lineage within Darwin's finches, having separated out before emergence of Geospiza ground-finches, Camarhynchus tree-finches and perhaps Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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