Male © Joshua Vandermeulen eBird S49810704 Macaulay Library ML 126809851
Female © Meg Barron
© Joshua Vandermeulen
© John Bruin

Genovesa Ground-Finch Geospiza acutirostris

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Identification

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A wedge-billed Galápagos finch found only on Genovesa Island. Formerly considered a subspecies of Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch, and likewise has a sharp, thin bill with nearly straight edges. Bill is black on breeding male and dull orange on female and nonbreeding male. The only other slender-billed finch on Genovesa is the very different Gray Warbler-Finch, which has a thinner bill, tan (not sooty-black) adult male plumage, and paler and less heavily streaked female plumage. Common and easy to see in arid scrub near the coast.

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