Camarhynchus
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Camarhynchus is a genus of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 in the Thraupidae family; all species of Camarhynchus are endemic to the Galápagos Islands
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...

, and together with related genera they are collectively known as Darwin's finches
Darwin's finches
Darwin's finches are a group of 14 or 15 species of passerine birds. It is still not clear which bird family they belong to, but they are not related to the true finches. They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands during the second voyage of the Beagle...

. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae
Emberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager
Tanager
The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...

 family.

It contains the following species:
  • Small Tree Finch (Camarhynchus parvulus)
  • Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper)
  • Large Tree Finch (Camarhynchus psittacula)
  • Woodpecker Finch
    Woodpecker Finch
    The Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus, is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. Woodpecker Finches occur widely in the Galapagos Islands, from sea level to high elevations....

     (Camarhynchus pallidus)
  • Mangrove Finch
    Mangrove Finch
    The Mangrove Finch, Camarhynchus heliobates, is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It was found on the islands of Fernandina and Isabela, but recent surveys have failed to record the species on Fernandina...

     (Camarhynchus heliobates)


The Vegetarian Finch
Vegetarian Finch
The Vegetarian Finch is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the bunting family Emberizidae. It is monotypic within the genus Platyspiza, which is, however, often subsumed into Camarhynchus. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands...

is often also included in this genus.
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