Female © Theresa Bucher
Female © Rhys Marsh
Male © George Heimpel
Male © Nige Hartley
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Female © Glenn Lahde

Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris

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Identification

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A large and rather parrot-billed Galápagos finch. Bill is about as long as it is deep, with a very round upper edge and slightly curved lower edge. Male has a black hood and bill, a sooty back, and a yellowish belly with dark streaks. Female is tan with a pale bill, a whitish or yellowish belly, and brown streaks on the underparts. Very similar to Large Tree-Finch, which is smaller and smaller-billed. Most likely to be encountered in forest at middle elevations on the larger islands. Not present on the islands of Española, Genovesa, and Santa Fé.

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