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What does a ground finch eat?

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The mangrove finch eats, with it's specialized beak that is long and pointed with a curved culmen, insects hidden within tree bark. It pulls off the bark and then eats the tiny insects that were hidden.

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14 different species all originating from one common ancestor that is thought to have it's origin in the Caribbean and not the main land of South America as once thought, there are Warbler finches, they divide into 2 insect eating species called, the Green Warbler finch and the Gray Warbler Finch. The seed eater is the Sharp-beaked ground finch and a bud eater called the Vegetarian Finch. Another group is Tree Finches that divide into Insect Eaters, the Mangrove Finch, Woodpecker Finch, Medium Tree Finch, Small Tree Finch and Large Tree Finch. And the last group is the Ground Finches that divide into 2 groups the first is the cactus flower-eaters which are Large Cactus Ground Finch and the Cactus Ground Finch. The second sub group is the Seed Eaters, Small ground Finch, Medium Ground Finch and the Large Ground Finch.


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How would the introduction of another species of seed-eating ground finch to the island most likely influence the medium ground finch?

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