Genovesa ground finch
Species of bird
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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 Island.[2][3] The International Ornithologists' Union has split the species. Other taxonomic authorities still consider it conspecific.
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| Genovesa ground finch | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Geospiza |
| Species: | G. acutirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Geospiza acutirostris Ridgway, 1894 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Geospiza difficilis acutirostris | |
In the whole-genome phylogeny of Lamichhaney et al. (2017), G. acutirostris is shown to be very far from G. difficilis. In fact, G. difficilis does not fall in the same part of the tree as other Geospiza.[4]
