Laysan Finch
Telespiza cantans
Family: Finches, euphonias, and allies
Laysan Finch is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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It is a generalist, feeding on seeds, small insects, fruit, carrion, and the eggs of nesting seabirds.
It nests in vegetation, laying three eggs in a cup-shaped nest.
These are incubated for 16 days by the female, the male in turn feeding the female.