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Mangrove Finch
Camarhynchus heliobates (Snodgrass & Heller, 1901)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Mangrove Finch, Camarhynchus heliobates, is a passerine in the tanager family that breeds in the Galápagos, South America. It is tied to mangrove habitat and was once recorded on Fernandina and Isabela. Recent surveys have not found it on Fernandina, and the remaining birds are on Isabela. The species was described by Snodgrass & Heller in 1901. Two small populations persist there in large mangroves, and a study has reported that they are beginning to diverge, with a lack of interbreeding between them.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Galápagos
