Geospiza difficilis (Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris])

Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris]

Geospiza difficilis (= Geospiza difficilis difficilis) Sharpe, 1888

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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
  Geospiza

Scientific:
Geospiza difficilis difficilis

Citation:
Sharpe, 1888

Reference:
Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 12 p.12

Protonym:
Geospiza difficilis

Avibase ID:
E3F00936C4C5A462

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E3F00936

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560236

Geographic range:

Geospiza difficilis: Galapagos Islands (Pinta, Fernandina, and Santiago Islands; formerly also Santa Cruz Island, this population now extinct)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris]
Czech:
pěnkavka ostrozobá
German:
Spitzschnabel-Grundfink
Danish:
Spidsnæbbet Darwinfinke
Spanish:
Pinzón de Darwin Picofino
Finnish:
vampyyrisirkku
French:
Géospize à bec pointu [difficilis ou debilirostris]
Italian:
Fringuello terragnolo beccoaguzzo
Japanese:
hashibosogarapagosufinchi (difficilis)
Japanese:
ハシボソガラパゴスフィンチ
Dutch:
Spitssnavelgrondvink
Norwegian:
Spissnebbjordspurv
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Spissnebbjordsporv
Polish:
darwinka ostrodzioba
Portuguese:
tentilhão-da-terra-de-bico-agudo
Russian:
Остроклювый земляной вьюрок
Slovak:
ostrovčan klinozobý
Swedish:
spetsnäbbad darwinfink
Ukrainian:
землянчик гостродзьобий
Chinese:
尖嘴地雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris] ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris] ( Geospiza difficilis [difficilis or debilirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris] ( Geospiza difficilis [difficilis or debilirostris])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Geospiza difficilis difficilis [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch (difficilis) ( Geospiza difficilis difficilis)
eBird version 2017: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Sharp-beaked Ground-finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch ( Geospiza difficilis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Geospiza [difficilis, acutirostris or septentrionalis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

Catalan: pinsà de Darwin becfí
Czech: pěnkavka ostrozobá
Danish: Spidsnæbbet Darwinfinke
German: Spitzschnabel-Grundfink
English: Sharp-beaked Ground Finch, Sharp-beaked Ground-finch, Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch (difficilis), Sharp-beaked Ground-Finch [difficilis or debilirostris]
English (IOC): Sharp-beaked Ground Finch
Spanish: Pinzón de Darwin Picofino
Spanish (Ecuador): Pinzón Terrestre Piquiagudo
Spanish (Spain): Pinzón de Darwin picofino
Estonian: vampiir-maasirk
Finnish: vampyyrisirkku
French: Géospize à bec pointu, Géospize à bec pointu (difficilis), Géospize à bec pointu [difficilis ou debilirostris]
Hungarian: hegyescsőrű földipinty
Italian: Fringuello terragnolo beccoaguzzo
Japanese: hashibosogarapagosufinchi (difficilis)
Japanese: ハシボソガラパゴスフィンチ, ハシボソガラパゴスフィンチ (difficilis)
Scientific: Geospiza difficilis, Geospiza difficilis [difficilis or debilirostris], Geospiza difficilis difficilis
Lithuanian: smailiasnapė dirvinė starta
Dutch: Spitssnavelgrondvink
Norwegian Nynorsk: Spissnebbjordsporv
Norwegian: Spissnebbjordspurv
Polish: darwinka ostrodzioba
Portuguese: tentilhão-da-terra-de-bico-agudo
Russian: Остроклювый земляной вьюрок
Slovak: ostrovčan klinozobý
Serbian: Oštrokljuna zeba sa tla
Swedish: spetsnäbbad darwinfink
Ukrainian: землянчик гостродзьобий
Chinese: 尖嘴地雀
Chinese (Traditional): 尖嘴地雀