Medium Tree-Finch (Geospiza pauper)

Other Names (World)
Medium Tree-Finch, Charles Tree-finch, Charles Insectivorous Tree-finch, Santa Maria Tree-finch, Floreana Tree-finch, Medium Tree Finch

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ridgway, 1890)

Habitat
Montane evergreen and tropical deciduous forest, and Scalesia-zone humid scrub. From 300 - 400 m, occasionally up to 640 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador (B).

Highlands of Floreana I, in southern Galapagos Is.

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

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation as a result of agriculture, habitat alteration by invasive plant species, and free-ranging domestic livestock, introduced predators and herbivores including cattle, donkeys, pigs, cats, dogs and rats, and the introduced ectoparasite Philornis downsi, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A five-syllable series of 'tju' notes or a 'dzi-dzi-dzi'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper) [XC168852]
by Barry Edmonston from Asilo de la Paz, Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador (song)

Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper) [XC816055]
by Barry Edmonston from Isla Santa Mar\u00eda (Floreana) (Cab. en Pto. Velasco Ibarra) (near Puerto Velazco Ibarra), San Cristobal, Islas Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent molecular-genetic research suggests that the Galapagos group consisting of present genus and Certhidea, Platyspiza and Geospiza, known collectively as "Darwin's finches", is allied to the tanagers (Thraupidae), being closest to Coereba, Tiaris and several Caribbean genera.

Similar Species
Differs from Large Tree-Finch (Geospiza psittacula) mainly in substantially smaller and less parrot-like bill, and from Small Tree-Finch (Geospiza parvula) in larger bill.

References
See References.

Files:

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Medium Tree-Finch see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Medium Tree-Finch

If you would like to read any articles about the Medium Tree-Finch...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Medium Tree-Finch

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Medium Tree-Finch or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (0)

No Videos of Medium Tree-Finch

If Birdpedia has no videos of Medium Tree-Finch or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)