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title: "Kleingrundfink"
description: "Geospiza fuliginosa — Vögel. The small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/small-ground-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleingrundfink

> Geospiza fuliginosa — Vögel. The small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Geospiza fuliginosa*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 3392
- Wikidata: [Q580955](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580955)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9478](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9478)

## Names

- en: Small Ground-Finch
- de: Kleingrundfink
- es: Pinzón de Darwin Fuliginoso
- fr: Géospize fuligineux
- nl: Kleine grondvink
- pl: Darwinka mała

## Countries with the most observations

EC (2321)

## Summary

The small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, it is common and widespread in shrubland, woodland, and other habitats on most islands in the archipelago. It commonly feeds on small seeds and parasites from the skins of Galápagos land and marine iguanas and Galápagos tortoises.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_ground_finch

## Photo

![Kleingrundfink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-ground-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: TheMongrelKoi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214098564

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/small-ground-finch?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).