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Genovesa ground finch
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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 Islands. The International Ornithologists' Union has split the species. Other taxonomic authorities still consider it conspecific.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Geospiza acutirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T103815404A119460158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103815404A119460158.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
2. Grant, Peter R.; Grant, B. Rosemary & Petren, Kenneth (2000). The allopatric phase of speciation: the sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) on the Galápagos islands. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 69(3): 287–317. doi:10.1006/bijl.1999.0382
3. Rothschild, W. and E. Hartert. (1899). A Review of the Ornithology of the Galapagos Islands. With Notes on the Webster-Harris Expedition. Novitates Zoologicae Vol. VI, No. 2, pp. 85-205, 2 plates.

• IUCN Red List vulnerable species
• Geospiza
• Endemic birds of the Galápagos Islands
• Birds described in 1894
• Taxa named by Robert Ridgway