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| + | '''Darwin's finches''' is the collective name for fourteen species of small passerine birds inhabiting the Galapagos archipelago and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean. | ||
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| + | ==Species== | ||
| + | * Genus ''Geospiza'' | ||
| + | :[[Common Cactus Finch]] (''Geospiza scandens'') | ||
| + | :[[Large Cactus Finch]] (''Geospiza conirostris'') | ||
| + | :[[Large Ground Finch]] (''Geospiza magnirostris'') | ||
| + | :[[Medium Ground Finch]] (''Geospiza fortis'') | ||
| + | :[[Sharp-beaked Ground Finch]] (''Geospiza difficilis'') | ||
| + | :[[Small Ground Finch]] (''Geospiza fuliginosa'') | ||
| + | * Genus ''Camarhynchus'' | ||
| + | :[[Large Tree Finch]] (''Camarhynchus psittacula'') | ||
| + | :[[Mangrove Finch]] (''Camarhynchus heliobates'') | ||
| + | :[[Medium Tree Finch]] (''Camarhynchus pauper'') | ||
| + | :[[Small Tree Finch]] (''Camarhynchus parvulus'') | ||
| + | :[[Vegetarian Finch]] (''Camarhynchus crassirostris'') | ||
| + | :[[Woodpecker Finch]] ((''Camarhynchus pallidus'') | ||
| + | * Genus ''Certhidea'' | ||
| + | :[[Warbler Finch]] (''Certhidea olivacea'') | ||
| + | * Genus ''Pinaroloxias'' | ||
| + | :[[Cocos Island Finch]] (''Pinaroloxias inornata'') | ||
Revision as of 23:08, April 17, 2012
| Darwin's finches | |
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| Medium ground finch, Geospiza fortis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Sub-class | Neornithes |
| Infra-class | Neoaves |
| Order Information | |
| Superorder | Passerimorphae |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Sub-order | Passeri |
| Family Information | |
| Superfamily | Passeroidea |
| Family | Thraupidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genera | Geospiza Camarhynchus Certhidea Pinaroloxias |
| Population statistics | |
Darwin's finches is the collective name for fourteen species of small passerine birds inhabiting the Galapagos archipelago and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
- Genus Geospiza
- Common Cactus Finch (Geospiza scandens)
- Large Cactus Finch (Geospiza conirostris)
- Large Ground Finch (Geospiza magnirostris)
- Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis)
- Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (Geospiza difficilis)
- Small Ground Finch (Geospiza fuliginosa)
- Genus Camarhynchus
- Large Tree Finch (Camarhynchus psittacula)
- Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates)
- Medium Tree Finch (Camarhynchus pauper)
- Small Tree Finch (Camarhynchus parvulus)
- Vegetarian Finch (Camarhynchus crassirostris)
- Woodpecker Finch ((Camarhynchus pallidus)
- Genus Certhidea
- Warbler Finch (Certhidea olivacea)
- Genus Pinaroloxias
- Cocos Island Finch (Pinaroloxias inornata)