Large Tree-finch (Geospiza psittacula) - BirdLife species factsheet

Large Tree-finch Geospiza psittacula

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References

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Bulgarella, M.; Quiroga, M. A.; Heimpel, G. E. 2019. Additive negative effects of Philornis nest parasitism on small and declining Neotropical bird populations. Bird Conservation International 29: 339-360.

Castro, I.; Phillips, A. 1996. A guide to the birds of the Galápagos Islands. A&C Black, London.

Dvorak, M., Fessl, B., Nemeth, E., Kleindorfer, S. and Tebbich, S. 2012. Distribution and abundance of Darwin’s finches and other land birds on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos: evidence for declining populations. Oryx 46(1): 78-86.

Freile, J. F.; Santander G., T.; Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G.; Carrasco, L.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F.; Guevara, E. A.; Sánchez-Nivicela, M.; Tinoco, B. A. 2019. Lista roja de las aves del Ecuador. Ministerio del Ambiente, Aves y Conservación, Comité Ecuatoriano de Registros Ornitológicos, Fundación Charles Darwin, Universidad del Azuay, Red Aves Ecuador, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.

Geladi, I.; Henry, P.-Y.; Mauchamp, A.; Couenberg, P.; Fessl, B. 2021. Conserving Galapagos landbirds in agricultural landscapes: forest patches of native trees needed to increase landbird diversity and abundance. Biodiversity and Conservation 30: 2181-2206.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Jaramillo, A. and Sharpe, C. J. 2015. Large Tree-finch (Camarhynchus psittacula). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Jiménez-Utzcátegui, G.; Ortiz-Catedral, L. 2019. Vertebrate diversity on Floreana Island, Galápagos. Galapagos Research 69: 18-24.

Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G.; Wiedenfeld, D.; Valle, C. A.; Vargas, H.; Piedrahita, P.; Muñoz-Abril, L. J.; Alava, J. J. 2019. Threats and vision for the conservation of Galápagos birds. The Open Ornithology Journal 12: 1-15.

Kleindorfer, S., O’Connor, J.A., Dudaniec, R.Y., Myers, S.A., Robertson, J. and Sulloway, F.J. 2014. Species Collapse via hybridization in Darwin’s tree finches. The American Naturalist 183(3): 325-341.

Stotz, D.F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Parker, T.A. and Moskovits, D.K. 1996. Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Large Tree-finch Geospiza psittacula. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/large-tree-finch-geospiza-psittacula on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.