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    The large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) is a species of bird in the genus Geospiza. One of Darwin's finches, it is now placed in the tanager family...
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    The medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Its primary natural habitat...
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    Medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) Genovesa cactus finch (Geospiza propinqua) Small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) Large ground finch (Geospiza...
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    hypothesized to be due to the presence of the large ground finch; the smaller-beaked individuals of the medium ground finch may have been able to survive better...
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    and the medium ground finch (G. fortis) are the main species; while the large ground finch (G. magnirostris) and the Española cactus finch (G. conirostris)...
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    conirostris) of Española was found to be a sister to the large ground finch, not to the Genovesa cactus finch. The International Ornithologists' Union has changed...
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  • ground-finch, Geospiza acutirostris (E) Large ground-finch, Geospiza magnirostris (E) Española cactus-finch, Geospiza conirostris (E) List of birds of...
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    example, the most robust medium ground finches could have beaks larger than those of the smallest large ground finches. Because of this overlap, it can...
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    introduced in 1837 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the large ground finch as the type species. The genus name derives from the two Ancient Greek...
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    The small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, it is common and...
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    insectivores include swallows and pink fairy armadillos; granivores include large ground finches and mice. All of these animals are omnivores, yet still fall into...
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    Darwin's large ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris), in which the gene BMP is responsible for the larger beak of this bird, relative to the other finches. The...
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  • vulture Large blue flycatcher Large cuckooshrike Large elaenia Large fig parrot Large frogmouth Large green pigeon Large grey babbler Large ground finch Large...
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    Cassin's finch (Haemorhous cassinii) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. This species and the other "American rosefinches" are placed in the genus...
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    The large-footed finch (Pezopetes capitalis) is a passerine bird endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Despite its name, it is not...
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    (honeycreepers), large-billed seed-eaters in Cardinalidae (cardinals and grosbeaks), smaller-billed seed-eaters in Emberizidae (New World finches and sparrows)...
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    and concerted efforts to record it ever since have failed. Darwin's large ground finch, Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris (Floreana Island?, Galápagos Islands...
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  • medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) that immigrated to Daphne Major in 1981. It resembles the medium ground finch but is relatively larger, hence,...
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  • cactus-finch, Geospiza scandens (E-GA) Genovesa cactus-finch, Geospiza propinqua (E-GA) Large ground-finch, Geospiza magnirostris (E-GA) Española ground-finch...
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    The gray-crowned rosy finch or gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska...
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  • finch Lesser grass finch Serra finch Pampa finch Orangequit Large cactus finch Sharp-beaked ground finch Medium ground finch Small ground finch Large...
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    small flocks of masked finches forage through the day, mostly on the ground for grass seeds. In the evenings and early mornings, large numbers—sometimes thousands—...
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    shrubland. During the non-breeding season it is known to form large groups with small ground-finches. It is an endemic species to the Galapagos islands and its...
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    be expressed in a different pattern, as when the beak of Darwin's large ground-finch was enlarged by the BMP gene, or when snakes lost their legs as distal-less...
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    cactus-finch, Geospiza scandens (EG) Genovesa cactus-finch, Geospiza propinqua (EG) Large ground-finch, Geospiza magnirostris (EG) Española ground-finch, Geospiza...
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    The Australian zebra finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia. It ranges over most of the continent, avoiding...
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    The trumpeter finch (Bucanetes githagineus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is mainly a desert species which is found in...
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    Island Press. p. 2. ISBN 9781610911580. Dementiev, G. (1963). "Theresa's Ground Finch Montifringilla theresae". Ibis. 105 (1): 107. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X...
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    (Fringilla coelebs) is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red...
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  • only 149 of the species are called "tanager"; another 108 are called "finch". This family is found only in the New World, primarily in South and Middle...
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