Ground Finches

- Probing beaks

o Cactus (And other foods)

 Large Cactus Finch

 Common Cactus Finch

o Blood

 Sharp beaked ground finch

- Crushing beaks

o Seeds

 Small Ground Finches

 Medium Ground Finch

 Large Ground Finch

Warbler FInch

- Probing beak

o insects

 Warbler Finch

Tree Finches

- Grasping beak

o Insects

 Mangrove finch

 Large tree finch

 Small tree finch

 Mangrove finch

- Probing beaks

o Insects

 Woodpecker finch
- Parrot beak

o Fruit

 Vegetarian Tree Finch

o = What it eats

- = Type of Beak

 = Type of finch

Cactus Finch –

- Genus : Geospiza

- Colour : Brown, a bit grayish

- Shape : It’s beak is a probing beak.

- Size : Small in size, weighs only 21 grams.

- Eats cactus seeds, pollen, nectar, insects and berries.

- Endemic to the Galápagos islands.

Large ground-finch –

- Genus : Geospiza

- Colour : Male is black, female is brown

- Shape : It has the broadest beak of all finches, the beak is a

crushing one.

- Size : It is the largest of all of Darwin’s finches, clocking in at an

amazing 35 grams in weight on average
- The large ground-finch is granivorous. That means that it mainly
eats seeds. But they can also be seen eating arthropods and the
fruit of cactuses

- Also endemic to the Gálapogos islands, although the islands differ.

Woodpecker finch –

- Genus : Camarhynchus

- Colour : Beak changes color from pink to black as it matures.

Plumage is light-grayish olive coloured.

- Shape: It’s beak is a probing beak. I.e. it is very long and pointed.

- Size : It’s a bit smaller than the Large ground finch, the average
weight is 20 grams.

- The woodpecker finch is able to use tools such as twigs and cactus
spines to reach otherwise unaccessible food sources such as Spider
egg sacs. It feeds on insects mainly.

- Endemic to the Gálapagos Archipelago.

Medium ground-finch –

- Genus : Geospiza

- Colour : Male is all black, Female is brown with streaks

- Shape : Their beaks are highly specialized, being that of a crushing

beak.

- Size : It’s average weight is 20 grams, being the same of the

Woodpecker finch.

- The Medium ground-finch is granivorous and therefore feeds on

seeds, but can also be seen feeding on arthropods and the fruit of
cacti. Much like the Large ground-finch
- Endemic to Gálapogos islands, islands similar to the ones that the
large ground-finch is endemic to.

Warbler finch –

- Genus : Certhidea

- Colour : both genders have a olive-grey plumage

- Shape : The beak is thin and probing, although the Warbler finch’s
beak is a bit finer than others

- Size : Incredibly small in size, weighing only 8 grams on average

- The warbler finch uses it’s thin pointed beak to dig around moss,
bark and leaves for insects. It is generally an insectivore, preying on
small insects.

- Endemic to the Gálapogos islands, found in every major island.

Vegetarian finch –

- Genus : Platyspiza

- Colour : It has a spotted brown plumage, whereas the males also

have a black head.

- Shape : The beak is much similar to that of a parrot. It’s very short
but thick.

- Size : The vegetarian finch weighs 34 grams on average, almost as

much as the Large ground finch. But still not quite there.

- As the name implies, the vegetarian finch is mostly herbivorous.

Feeding on things such as buds, leaves, flowers and seeds. Also
feeds on fruits.

Large tree-finch –

- Genis : Camarhynchus
- Colour : the male has black shoulders, chest and head. The body of
the finch is a olive-green colour.

- Shape : The beak is large, possessing a thick base and a down

curved culmen.