Large Ground-finch

Large Ground-finch

Taxobox
name = Large Ground-finch



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Thraupidae
genus = "Geospiza"
species = "G. magnirostris"
binomial = "Geospiza magnirostris"
binomial_authority = Gould, 1837
synonyms =
The Large Ground-finch ("Geospiza magnirostris") is a species of bird. One of Darwin's finches, it is now placed in the family Thraupidae and was formerly in the Emberizidae.It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The large ground finch cracks any hard shell.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54049/all Geospiza magnirostris] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Retrieved on 2008-07-05.


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