Species Profile
Geospiza magnirostris
Large ground finch
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Found on the Galápagos Islands.
Ground-dwelling and seed-eating bird.
Shows strong natural selection on beak size.
Size & Structure
01
Robust body
02
Very thick conical beak
03
Black or brown plumage
04
Strong legs
Geospiza magnirostris — 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
Consumes large hard seeds
Reduces seed competition
Ground ecosystem balance
Economic Importance
Evolutionary biology studies
Natural selection research
Educational importance