explain darwins finches
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Darwin's finches are a group of about 18 species of passerine birds. They are well known for their remarkable diversity in beak form and function. They are often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini. They belong to the tanager family and are not closely related to the true finches.
- Family: Thraupidae
- Order: Passeriformes
- Class: Aves
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
Explanation:
Darwin's Finches: Darwin observed that beak shape varies among finch species. He postulated that the beak of an ancestral species had adapted over time to equip the finches to acquire different food sources.
Darwin noticed that fruit-eating finches had parrot-like beaks, and that finches that ate insects had narrow, prying beaks. Later, Darwin concluded that several birds from one species of finch had probably been blown by storm or otherwise separated to each of the islands from one island or from the mainland.
Darwin's finches helped show how the species adopted from generation to generation. Upon Darwin's return to London, experts informed him that many of the specimens he had thought included different birds were all finches that looked different from one another.