| Cocos finch | |
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| Cocos Finch, female | |
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| Cocos Finch, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Pinaroloxias Sharpe, 1885 |
| Species: | P. inornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinaroloxias inornata (Gould, 1843)
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The Cocos finch (Pinaroloxias inornata) or Cocos Island finch, is the only one of the Darwin's finches not native to the Galápagos Islands, and the only member of the genus Pinaroloxias. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belongs in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It is endemic to Cocos Island, a Pacific island which is approximately 360 miles (580 km) south of Costa Rica.
- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Pinaroloxias inornata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. e.T22723792A180221867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22723792A180221867.en. S2CID 245185398.