Large Tree-Finch Photo by Ann Doty

Large Tree-Finch

Camarhynchus psittacula

Juvenile

©Ann Doty

Location: Ecuador > Galápagos
Date: Jun 27, 2019
Caption: #photocontest2019

Santa Cruz Charles Darwin Research Station; Galapagos Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien

Large Tree-Finches have a big and deep bill with a strongly arched culmen, being approximately as long as it is deep. The fine tips of the mandibles actually cross a feature that is difficult to see on live birds. Males show a dark hood, greenish back and whitish underparts.