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Large-footed Finch

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Photo by Ornitho26  Photographed: Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica
Photo by Ornitho26
Photographed: Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica
Pezopetes capitalis

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[edit] Identification

L. 20 cm
Wt. 56 g.

  • Slender bill
  • Large, powerful feet and legs
  • Slate grey head
  • Black on throat, forehead and crown sides
  • Dark olive upperparts
  • Black wings and tail with olive fringes
  • Bright olive underparts
  • Brown tint to flanks and lower belly

[edit] Immature

  • Streaked, dark olive head
  • Blackish scaling to upperparts
  • Buff-olive underparts

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica and western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Undergrowth of mountain forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

The female builds a cup shaped nest of plant material and 1-2 brown marked white or blue-white eggs are laid; incubation is done by the female for 12-14 days.

[edit] Diet

Diet includes insects, spiders, berries and seeds.

[edit] Voice

A mix of whistles, warbles, chatter and mimicry.

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