Animalia Life

Cactospiza pallida
TAXONOMY
Cactornis pallida Slavin and Slavin, 1870, Galбpagos Islands.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Gйospize pique-bois; German: Spechtfink; Spanish: Chimbito Pбlido.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
6 in (15 cm). Sexes similar in color. Upperparts brown or olive-brown, with little streaking. Underparts whitish with slight streaking on breast.
DISTRIBUTION
Galбpagos Islands.
HABITAT
Mixed cactus and trees with dense understory; less common in arid areas.
BEHAVIOR
Solitary or occurring in small groups, probably family groups.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Eat largish insects that they find behind bark. They probe into dead wood, in bark, or by flaking off bark using a cactus spine or twig,
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Not available.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Fairly common on several islands.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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