Large Ground Finch

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The large ground finch beak can crack hard shells.

The Large Ground Finch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The large ground finch beak can crack hard shells. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Geospiza magnirostris. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved on 2008-07-05. Stub icon This article about a tanager is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v • d • e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia. More

the newly arrived large ground finch, which is about twice as big and dominates feeding grounds. More

the large ground finch will be unable to compete with members of its own, or opposite species. The same applies to the large ground finch. The picture is quite different, however, on Espanola. On Espanola, the large ground finch either never arrived, or it became extinct. Whichever is true, Espanola only has the large cactus finch. More

Large Ground Finch; female above in the highlands of Santa Cruz and the male below on Genovesa Cactus Finch, the Darwin Centre, Santa Cruz Small Tree Finch, female above & male below, the highlands of Santa Cruz Medium Ground Finch, male, in the highlands of Santa Cruz << Previous Page << Back to the top More

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4) Large Ground Finch: (Geospiza magnirostris) is less common and can be found only in the bigger Islands. All these finch species have similar appearance, color and behavior. It is a real challenge for birdwatchers to differentiate or guess the species to which each Galapagos ground finch belongs. In total there are 13 species of Galapagos Finches which are classified by groups: Ground finches, Tree finches, Vegetarian finches, Cactus finches and Mangrove finches. More

- Darwin's Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris) - Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens) 3) Genus Certhidea - Warbler Finch (Certhidea olivacea) 4) Genus Pinaroloxias - Cocos Island Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) See Beautiful Galapagos Islands Pictures here The appearance of Galapagos islands finches is quite similar. They are all sparrow sized with brown, black or gray feathers. They have short rounded wings and a rounded tails. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Emberizidae
Genus : Geospiza
Species : magnirostris
Authority : Gould, 1837