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Galapagos Online. 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 ...
Green warbler finch Large ground finch. Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae. The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Most of the 19 species in the family which have been recorded in the Galápagos are "Darwin's finches".
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 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 .
Darwin's finches (Geospizinae or Geospizini) Flightless cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) Galápagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) Galápagos flycatcher (Myriarchus magnirostris) Galapagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris) Galapagos martin (Progne modesta) Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) Great blue ...
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 genus Camarhynchus was introduced in 1837 by English ornithologist John Gould, with the large tree finch as the type species. [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek kamara meaning "arch" or "vault" with rhunkhos meaning "bill". [3] The members of the genus form part of a group collectively known as Darwin's finches. [4]
Big Bird, also known as the Big Bird lineage, is one of the species of Darwin's finches that is exclusively present on Daphne Major of the Galápagos Islands.It originated from a mixed-breed of the Española cactus finch (Geospiza conirostris) and the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) that immigrated to Daphne Major in 1981. [1]