Species Profile
Geospiza fortis
Medium ground finch
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives on several Galápagos Islands.
Ground-feeding bird.
Famous for rapid evolutionary change.
Size & Structure
01
Medium-sized body
02
Moderately thick beak
03
Brownish plumage
04
Short tail
Geospiza fortis — 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
Feeds on medium seeds
Adjusts diet with climate
Ground food-web member
Economic Importance
Natural selection experiments
Evolution teaching model
Research importance