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Photo by Momo
Photo taken: Isla Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador

Certhidea fusca

[edit] Identification

[edit] Similar Species

Green Warbler-Finch is on average brighter and the male will develop a reddish throat patch that can be very obvious, and which is never seen in Grey Warbler Finch (group fusca).

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador).

[edit] Taxonomy

Seven subspecies are recognized: fusca, becki, mentalis, bifasciata, cenerascens, luteola, and ridgwayi and are found on Pinta, Marchena, Darwin, Wolf, Genovesa, Santa Fe, San Cristobal, Española, and Floreana (notice that each island has multiple names, this account follows the SACC proposal¹.
Has been considered conspecific with Green Warbler-Finch in the past.

[edit] Habitat

Prefers dry areas and is mostly found in smaller, lower islands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. SACC proposal to split Warbler Finch
2. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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