Species Profile
Geospiza difficilis
Sharp-beaked ground finch
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Found on remote Galápagos islands.
Ground-dwelling bird.
Shows behavioural flexibility.
Size & Structure
01
Small body
02
Sharp pointed beak
03
Dark plumage
04
Agile movement
Geospiza difficilis — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs with air sacs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Insect and seed feeder
Controls insect population
Adaptive feeder
Economic Importance
Behavioural evolution studies
Natural selection research
Scientific importance