Woodpecker finch
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| phylum | Chordata | The Woodpecker Finch is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae. Woodpecker Finches occur widely in the Galapagos Islands, from sea level to high elevations. It has gained fame due to its capability of using a twig, stick, or cactus spine as a tool so it has been nicknamed the carpenter finch.[2] The tool is used as compensation for its short tongue. The finch manipulates the tool to dislodge invertebrate prey such as grubs from trees. The same tool can be used many times on many different trees.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Passeriformes | |
| family | Thraupidae | |
| genus | Camarhynchus | |
| species | C. pallidus |
