The Genovesa ground finch (Geospiza acutirostris) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It was considered a subspecies of the sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Genovesa Islands.[2][3] The International Ornithologists' Union has split the species. Other taxonomic authorities still consider it conspecific.
Genovesa ground finch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Geospiza |
Species: | G. acutirostris
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Binomial name | |
Geospiza acutirostris Ridgway, 1894
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Synonyms | |
Geospiza difficilis acutirostris |
References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Geospiza acutirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T103815404A119460158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103815404A119460158.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Grant, Peter R.; Grant, B. Rosemary & Petren, Kenneth (2000). The allopatric phase of speciation: the sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) on the Galápagos islands. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 69(3): 287–317. doi:10.1006/bijl.1999.0382
- ^ Rothschild, W. and E. Hartert. (1899). A Review of the Ornithology of the Galapagos Islands. With Notes on the Webster-Harris Expedition. Novitates Zoologicae Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 85-205, 2 plates.