Woodpecker Finch 2949396 212763434 2008-05-16T03:41:32Z SamatBot 7027852 robot Adding: [[hu:Harkálypinty]] {{Taxobox | image = Camarhynchus pallidus composite.jpg | name = Woodpecker Finch | status = LC | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Emberizidae]] | genus = ''[[Camarhynchus]]'' | species = '''''C. pallidus''''' | binomial = ''Camarhynchus pallidus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Philip Sclater|Sclater]] & [[Osbert Salvin|Salvin]], 1870) }} The '''Woodpecker Finch''', ''Camarhynchus pallidus'', is one of the so-called [[Darwin's finches]]. First described by [[Charles Darwin]] on the [[Galapagos Islands]], it is a unique species which uses a twig, stick, or [[cactus]] spine as a [[tool]]. The tool is used as compensation for its short [[tongue]]. The finch manipulates the tool to dislodge invertebrate prey such as [[grub]]s from trees. The same tool can be used many times on many different trees. Scientists have observed that the finches may shorten the stick or spine to make it more manageable. The finches may also try various sticks or spines at one site before finding just the appropriate one that can reach and extract the prey item. During the dry season, woodpecker finches use tools during half their foraging time, using these tools to acquire up to 50% of their [[prey]]. This means they obtain even more food via tool use than [[chimpanzee]]s, the most proficient non-human primate tool users. Woodpecker Finches occur widely in the [[Galapagos Islands]], from sea level to high elevations. ==References==<!-- Condor106:95 --> * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=54058|title=Camarhynchus pallidus|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern * Tebbich, S., Taborsky, M., Fessl, B. & Dvorak, M. 2002. The ecology of tool use in the woodpecker finch (Cactospiza pallida). Ecology Letters, 5, 656-664. [[Category:Camarhynchus]] [[Category:Endemic birds of the Galápagos Islands]] [[Category:Tool-using species]] {{Emberizidae-stub}} [[de:Spechtfink]] [[fr:Camarhynchus pallidus]] [[it:Camarhynchus pallidus]] [[hu:Harkálypinty]] [[pl:Kłowacz kaktusowy]] [[fi:Tikkasirkku]]