The finches: small seed-eating songbirds with a conical bill adapted for cracking open seed husks, including the Galapagos finches whose subtle beak-shape differences between islands were pivotal evidence in Charles Darwin's development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Classification
Living or Extinct Fringillidae
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Source Eurasian bullfinch (Wikidata)
Source Hooded grosbeak (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ160835, descriptionView the Source 2. Catalogue of Life
Wikidata: Fringillidae
Wikidata Q160835, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Eurasian bullfinch (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Eurasian bullfinch, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Hooded grosbeak (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Hooded grosbeak, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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