Genovesa ground finch

The Genovesa ground finch (Geospiza acutirostris) is a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. It was considered a subspecies of the sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) endemic to Genovesa Island.^[2][3] The International Ornithologists' Union has split the species. Other taxonomic authorities still consider it conspecific.

Genovesa ground finch
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Geospiza
Species:	G. acutirostris
Binomial name
Geospiza acutirostris Ridgway, 1894
Synonyms
Geospiza difficilis acutirostris

In the whole-genome phylogeny of Lamichhaney et al. (2017), G. acutirostris is shown to be very far from G. difficilis. In fact, G. difficilis does not fall in the same part of the tree as other Geospiza.^[4]