Buntings and New World Sparrows (Emberizidae)

Cocos Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) - HBW 16, p. 676

French: Spizin de Cocos German: Kokosinselammer Spanish: Pinzón de Darwin de la Cocos
Other common names: Cocos Island Finch

Taxonomy: Cactornis inornatus Gould, 1843, Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
Molecular data support original assertion that this species is part of the group known as “Darwin’s finches” (incorporating also Certhidea, Platyspiza, Camarhynchus and Geospiza), the only one not found in Galapagos Archipelago; as such, it is allied to the tanagers (Thraupidae), being closest to Coereba, Tiaris and several Caribbean genera. Monotypic.

Distribution: Cocos I, S of Costa Rica.