Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivore

ForestDomed nestTiny · 13 g

Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata), photo 2 — Photo: (c) mikazilla, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata), photo 3 — Photo: (c) fede2cr, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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The Cocos finch is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 12.5 g (0.44 oz). The bird has a black decurved pointed bill for eating berries and insects that are its main diet. They are sexually dimorphic in that the males are almost entirely black, having black feathers from the tail, breast, nape, and crown. Unlike male finches found on the Galapágos islands, male Cocos finches have black beaks year-round, never changing color. Female Cocos finches have a lighter brown complexion compared to males. There is a black splattering of feathers on their breast area down to the flank and rump.

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When to see the Cocos Finch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Cocos Finch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica

About the Cocos Finch

The Cocos finch or Cocos Island finch, 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, a Pacific island which is approximately 360 miles (580 km) south of Costa Rica.

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Easily confused with

White-bellied DacnisDacnis albiventrisThe white-bellied dacnis is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Black-and-white TanagerConothraupis speculigeraThe black-and-white tanager is a tanager found in the Tumbes region of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru; it migrates eastwards as far as Acre.

Merida FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosaThe Mérida flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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