| Vegetarian Finch | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Platyspiza Ridgway, 1897 |
| Species: | P. crassirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Platyspiza crassirostris (Gould, 1837) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Camarhynchus crassirostris Gould, 1837 |
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The Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) 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. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.