Woodpecker Finch

It has gained fame due to its capability of using a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool. The tool is used as compensation for its short tongue. The finch manipulates the tool to dislodge invertebrate prey such as grubs from trees. The same tool can be used many times on many different trees. Scientists have observed that the finches may shorten the stick or spine to make it more manageable. The finches may also try various sticks or spines at one site before finding just the appropriate one that can reach and extract the prey item.

The Woodpecker Finch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

A Woodpecker Finch Geospiza pallida was observed using bark or a wood chip as a plectrum. A feeding behavior, described as scraping and flipping epiphytes with a plectrum in a side-to-side motion, is reported for the first time among the Geospizinae of the Galapagos Islands. More

The Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus, is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. Woodpecker Finches occur widely in the Galapagos Islands, from sea level to high elevations. It has gained fame due to its capability of using a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool. The tool is used as compensation for its short tongue. The finch manipulates the tool to dislodge invertebrate prey such as grubs from trees. More

( The Woodpecker finch one of 14 Darwin'...) = The Latest Biology News And Medical NewsBiology News 2Health News 2Biology News 3Health News 3 HOME >> BIOLOGY >> NEWS Ecological significance of tool-use in the woodpecker finch Cactospiza pallidaThe Woodpecker finch one of 14 Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Isla...In a paper soon to appear in Ecology Letters Tebbich and colleagues p...Woodpecker finches hardly use tools in humid areas where food is abund... More

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Woodpecker Finch all have probing beaks. This is how they are distinguished into their separate groups. Below is an illustration displaying 4 types of finches with 4 diffrent beak shapes. Click HERE for a larger image which may be printed for educational use. (Opens in new window). Over many years, the finches beaks have evolved to suit their eating habits. More

Perhaps the most famous of Darwin’s finches, the woodpecker finch has attracted popular and scientific attention for its remarkable usage of tools to assist feeding. Like the other Darwin’s finches, this species has evolved a specialised beak form ... More

The woodpecker finch is endemic to the Galapagos Archipelago, where it occupies the islands of Isabela, Fernandina, Santiago, Pinzón, Santa Cruz, and San Cristóbal (6). View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Habitat - The woodpecker finch is mostly found in the Scalesia Zone, a lush, humid evergreen forest dominated by the daisy tree (Scalesia pedunculata), which is found between elevations of 300 and 700 metres. More

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finch, warbler finch and woodpecker finch have probing bills. All of Darwin's Finch are sparrow sized and similar in appearance with gray, brown, black or olive feathers. They have short rounded wings and a rounded tail that often appears cocked to one side. Most male finch mature to a solid black color, while the females mature to a drab grayish color. More

The Woodpecker Finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) is one of the famous "Darwin Finches" which are endemic to the Galapagos Islands. This species is especially well-known since it has been observed using a tool, such as a twig, to get at grubs or other invertebrates through a hole or crack in a tree limb. The Woodpecker Finch on the left was in the highlands above Puerto Ayora on the island of Santa Cruz. More

The Woodpecker Finch, Camarhynchus pallidus, is one of the so-called Darwin's finches. First described by Charles Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, it is a unique species which uses a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool. The tool is used as compensation for its short tongue. The finch manipulates the tool to dislodge invertebrate prey such as grubs from trees. The same tool can be used many times on many different trees. More