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Alternative names: Cactus Finch, Cactus Ground Finch, Cactus Groundfinch, Cactus Ground-Finch

Male
Photo by mikemik
Santa Fe, Galapagos, November 2008
Geospiza scandens

Identification

14 cm, a species with long, slightly decurved, bill and a short tail
Male in full breeding plumage is all black (reached after about 5 rounds of moult)
Female:

Distribution

Found only on the Galapagos Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

A female-plumaged individual
Photo by Sylvester_b
Floreana, Galapagos, September 2005

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • G. s. scandens:
  • G. s. intermedia:
  • Galapagos Islands (Santa Fé, Floreana, Pinzón, Santa Cruz, Isabela Islands)
  • G. s. abingdoni:
  • Pinta Island (Galapagos Islands)
  • G. s. rothschildi:
  • Marchena Island (Galapagos Islands)

Habitat

Dry forest, coasts and shrubland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Jaramillo, A. and D. A. Christie (2020). Common Cactus-Finch (Geospiza scandens), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cocfin3.01

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