Large-footed Finch

About the Large-footed Finch

The large-footed finch (Pezopetes capitalis) is a species of bird that despite its name is in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The large-footed finch was formally described by Jean Cabanis in 1861 with its current binomial Pezopetes capitalis. Cabanis erected the genus Pezopetes for this species and placed it in the finch family Fringillidae.

The large-footed finch eventually was reassigned to its current sparrow family. It remains the only member of the genus and has no subspecies. The large-footed finch is one of the heaviest in its diverse family. It is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 56 g (2.0 oz). It has a long tail and very large legs and feet but a disproportionately small slender bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a black crown and a dark gray supercilium. Their face from the bill to just past the eye and down through the throat is black and the rest of their face and their nape are dark gray. Their upperparts and wing coverts are olive green. Their tail is blackish with thin olive green feather edges. Their flight feathers are dusky with... Wikipedia →