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List of birds of the Galapagos Islands. Darwin's Finches Evolve Before Scientists' Eyes: new developments reported 13 July 2006; Fink F.A.Q. Darwin's finches inspired the naming of the Fink project, a collaborative initiative for porting open source software to the Darwin platform to enable its use and evolution in the Apple Mac OS X ...
The woodpecker finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) is a monomorphic species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae, endemic to the Galapagos Islands. [2] The diet of a woodpecker finch revolves mostly around invertebrates , but also encompasses a variety of seeds.
The common cactus finch or small cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae.It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it is found on most islands, with the notable exception of Fernandina, Española, Genovesa, Darwin and Wolf.
The Galápagos or Galapagos Islands are named for their giant tortoises, [3] which were more plentiful at the time of their discovery. The Spanish word galápago derives from a pre-Roman Iberian word meaning "turtle", the meaning it still has in most dialects.
The vampire ground finch (Geospiza septentrionalis) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. Endemic to Wolf and Darwin Island, it was previously considered a very distinct subspecies of the sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis), [2] [3] but the International Ornithologists' Union has split the species based on strong genetic evidence that they are not closely related, and ...
The medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.Its primary natural habitat is tropical shrubland.
Large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris)The Daphne Major finches are a group of Darwin's finches that inhabit Daphne Major island of the Galápagos.The common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) and the medium ground finch (G. fortis) are the main species; [1] while the large ground finch (G. magnirostris) and the Española cactus finch (G. conirostris) are regular immigrants. [2]
The large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) is a species of bird in the genus Geospiza. One of Darwin's finches, ... It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, ...