Cocos Finch

It is a chunky 12 cm long finch weighing about 12.5 g and with a black decurved pointed bill. The male is entirely black, while the female is brown, which is paler below and heavily streaked. The young are similar but have yellow bills.

The Cocos Finch is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

rise to the Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias) on the Galapagos, with the species colonizing Cocos island later, eventually becoming extinct on the Galapagos. We favor the second of these possibilities because the black plumage and song of the Cocos finch so closely resemble the next branch in the finches' evolutionary tree. The original ancestors of Darwin's finches have been identified as a group of South American birds known as seed-eaters. More

male Cocos Finch is black; females are brown and streaky. One female was building a nest. In many ways Cocos Finch recalls Galapagos finches, and it is sometimes termed "the 14th Galapagos finch. More

The Cocos Island Finch or Cocos Finch, Pinaroloxias inornata, is the only one of Darwin's finches not native to the Galápagos Islands, and the only member of the genus Pinaroloxias. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Cocos Island, which is approximately 360 miles south of Costa Rica, where it is the most common landbird. It is a chunky 12 cm long finch weighing about 12. More

ground finches resemble the Cocos finch in coloration. Tree finches can be many different combinations of color, depending on species. The distribution of Darwin More

the coast of Costa Rica, the Cocos finch which eats both fruits and insects and is the most plentiful bird on the island this is in direct contrast to the Mangrove Finch which can be found in two mangrove areas on the western coast of Isabela and is critically endangered. Though these remarkable birds have adapted to life in the Galapagos Islands for thousands of years, it is the introduction of new species by man that has devastated the Mangrove Finch. More

A male Cocos finch on the ground A male Cocos finch on the groundPrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: Cocos Island Finch Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Emberizidae Genus Pinaroloxias (1) More

of the Galapagos, the adult male plumage of the Cocos finch is completely black (2) (5), while the female Cocos finch is blackish-brown above with olive-brown streaks, and paler buff below with black streaks (2). Darwin’s finches are characterised by a wide spectrum of beak forms, with the slender, pointed beak of the Cocos finch being particularly distinct (2) (5) (6). - The Cocos finch is endemic to Cocos Island, around 500 kilometres to the southwest of Costa Rica (2) (4). More

Cuckoo, the Cocos Finch (shades of Darwin!), and the Cocos Flycatcher. Hiking: For a little legwork between dives, head up 2,092-foot Mount Yglesias, the highest peak on the island. The trail to the summit, one of several on the island, leads through rainforest (and passes the wreck of a B-24 in the jungle), and the view of the Pacific at the top might even make you forget about your swim fins for a while. For more information, visit http://www.mytraveltocostarica. More

The Cocos finch is related to the tree finches of the Galápagos Islands. The traditional classification of ground finches into six species and tree finches into five species is not reflected in the molecular data. In these two groups, ancestral polymorphisms have not, as yet, been sorted out among the cross-hybridizing species. More

The Cocos Island Finch or Cocos Finch, Pinaroloxias inornata, is the only one of Darwin's finches not native to the Galápagos Islands, and the only memebr of the genus Pinaroloxias. It is endemic to Cocos Island, approximately 360 miles south of Costa Rica, where it is the most common landbird. ... More