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Darwin's finch
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Etymology
They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands. The term "Darwin's finches" was first applied by Percy Lowe in 1936, and popularised in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches.
Noun
Any of a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds found mainly on the Galápagos Islands, often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae subfamily or tribe Geospizini tribe, not closely related to true finch es.
Translations
German: de Darwinfinken m-p in plural
Russian: ru галапаго́сский вьюро́к m, ru Да́рвинов вьюро́к m
en taxonomic eponyms
en Tanagers