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Gray Warbler-Finch Certhidea fusca cinerascens Espanola Island AKA Hood Island Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 13 July 2007 The Grey Warbler-Finch (Certhidea fusca) is a species of bird, one of Darwin's finches in the tanager family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. This species is closely related to the Green Warbler-Finch, and were formerly considered conspecific, but both species differed in appearance, distribution, habitat, and song. The nominate subspecies is from Pinta and Marchena, becki from Darwin and Wolf, mentalis from Genovesa, bifasciata from Santa Fé, cinerascens from Española, luteola from San Cristóbal, and ridgwayi from Floreana. Grey Warbler Finches are found mostly in the shrubland and dry forest of smaller drier islands, and have a suitable coloration for their habitat.
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Gray Warbler-Finch Certhidea fusca cinerascens Espanola Island AKA Hood Island Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 13 July 2007 The Grey Warbler-Finch (Certhidea fusca) is a species of bird, one of Darwin's finches in the tanager family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. This species is closely related to the Green Warbler-Finch, and were formerly considered conspecific, but both species differed in appearance, distribution, habitat, and song. The nominate subspecies is from Pinta and Marchena, becki from Darwin and Wolf, mentalis from Genovesa, bifasciata from Santa Fé, cinerascens from Española, luteola from San Cristóbal, and ridgwayi from Floreana. Grey Warbler Finches are found mostly in the shrubland and dry forest of smaller drier islands, and have a suitable coloration for their habitat.
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Gray Warbler-Finch â¨Certhidea fusca cinerascens Espanola Island AKA Hood Island Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 20 August 2010 The following from Wikipedia: Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos Finches or as Geospizinae) are a group of 15 species of Passerine birds, now placed in the tanager family rather than the true finch family. They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands during the second voyage of the Beagle. Thirteen are found on the Galápagos Islands and one on Cocos Island. The term Darwin's Finches was first applied by Percy Lowe in 1936, and popularised in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches. The birds are all about the same size (10â20 cm). The most important differences between species are in the size and shape of their beaks, and the beaks are highly adapted to different food sources. The birds are all dull-colored.