Table 1 Finch species sampled in this study, including information about general diet category, sampling island, and number of specimens collected during each of the dry and wet season
From: The gut of the finch: uniqueness of the gut microbiome of the Galápagos vampire finch
Species | Common name | Diet category | Island | No. samples (season) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dry | Wet | ||||
G. septentrionalis | Vampire finch | Carnivorous2, inc. blood | Wolf | 16 | 0 |
Darwin | 15 | 0 | |||
G. acutirostris | Sharp-beaked ground finch | Insectivorous3 | Genovesa | 6 | 0 |
G. difficilis | Sharp-beaked ground finch | Insectivorous3 | Pinta | 3 | 0 |
G. fortis | Medium ground finch | Herbivorous (seeds)4 | San Cristóbal | 1 | 5 |
Santa Cruz | 3 | 1 | |||
Santa Fé | 0 | 1 | |||
G. fuliginosa | Small ground finch | Herbivorous (seeds)4 | Española | 0 | 5 |
North Seymour | 0 | 1 | |||
San Cristóbal | 7 | 8 | |||
Santa Cruz | 4 | 1 | |||
Santa Fé | 0 | 1 | |||
G. magnirostris | Large ground finch | Herbivorous (seeds)4 | Genovesa | 2 | 0 |
Pinta | 3 | 0 | |||
G. conirostris | Large cactus finch | Herbivorous (Opuntia cactus) | Española | 0 | 2 |
Genovesa | 2 | 0 | |||
G. scandens | Cactus finch | Herbivorous (Opuntia cactus) | Santa Cruz | 3 | 1 |
Santa Fé | 0 | 2 | |||
Ce. olivacea | Green warbler finch | Insectivorous | Española | 0 | 4 |
Pinta | 3 | 0 | |||
C. parvulus | Small tree finch | Insectivorous | San Cristóbal | 4 | 2 |
Santa Cruz | 0 | 4 | |||
C. pallida1 | Woodpecker Finch | Insectivorous | Santa Cruz | 0 | 1 |
P. crassirostris | Vegetarian finch | Herbivorous (leaves) | Santa Cruz | 0 | 3 |
Total | 12 Species | – | 9 Islands | 72 | 42 |