Large Tree-Finch Camarhynchus psittacula Scientific name definitions

The Large Tree-Finch is the largest and heaviest bodied of the three tree-finch species, imaginatively named the Large, Medium and Small tree-finches. 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. This species is found in a number of the islands in the Galapagos archipelago, and in many it is sympatric with the Small Tree-Finch (C. parvulus). It is never as common as the Small Tree-Finch and it is found in areas with taller and larger trees.