Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Geospiza magnirostris

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3  4 

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Other related concepts

• Geospiza [fortis x magnirostris] (hybrid)
• Geospiza [fuliginosa x magnirostris] (hybrid)
• Geospiza [conirostris x magnirostris] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: iri yer alacəhrəsi
Catalan: pinsà de Darwin becgròs
Czech: Penkavka velkozobá, pěnkavka velkozobá
Danish: Stor Darwinfinke
German: Großgrundfink, Gross-Grundfink, Großschnabel-Grundfink
English: Darwin's ground finch, Large Ground Finch, Large Groundfinch, Large Ground-Finch, Large Ground-Finch (magnirostris)
English, HBW: Large Ground-finch (magnirostris)
English (IOC): Large Ground Finch
English (United States): Large Ground-Finch
Spanish: Pinzón de Darwin Grande, Pinzón de Darwin Picogordo, Pinzón de Tierra Grande, Pinzón terrestre grande
Spanish (Ecuador): Pinzón terrestre grande
Spanish (Spain): Pinzón de Darwin Picogordo
Spanish (HBW): Large Ground-Finch
Estonian: suurnokk-maasirk
Finnish: Isomaasirkku
French: Géospize à gros bec, Géospize à gros bec (magnirostris), Géospize géant, Pinson de Darwin à gros bec
French (Guyane): Géospize à gros bec
Croatian: debelokljuna darwinova zeba
Hungarian: nagy földipinty
Italian: Fringuello terragnolo maggiore, Fringuello terricolo grosso
Japanese (romaji): oogarapagosufinchi
Japanese: オオガラパゴスフィンチ
Scientific: Geospiza magnirostris, Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris, Geospiza strenua
Lithuanian: Didžioji dirvinė starta
Dutch: Grote Grondvink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storjordsporv
Norwegian: Storjordspurv
Polish: darwinka wielkodzioba
Portuguese: Tentilhão-da-terra-de-bico-grande
Portuguese (Portugal): tentilhão-terrestre-grande
Russian: Большой галапагосский вьюрок, Большой земляной вьюрок, толстоклювый земляной вьюрок
Slovak: ostrovčan zobatý
Serbian: Velika galapagoska zeba sa tla
Swedish: större darwinfink, större darwintangara, Tjocknäbbad markfink
Turkish: Büyük yer ispinozu, Büyük Yer İspinozu
Ukrainian: Землянчик великий
Chinese: 大地雀
Chinese (Traditional): 大嘴地雀