Galapagos Finches Research Paper

BIOL1003

Information Literacy Assignment:

What are the relationships between Galapagos finches and South American finches?

The search engine which was used was Google Chrome, this is the first choice search engine for many people as it provides most relevant and recent information about the searched topic.

Search terms:

• “Relationship between Galapagos finches and South American finches”

• “Galapagos finch”

• “South American finch”

• “Finches bird species”

• “Darwin’s Finches”

The relationship between the two different types of finches is mainly based on what Charles Darwin had said and wrote about the two birds and how they came about. It is believed that the Galapagos finches originated from its South American cousins, many years back due strong winds, some South American finches found themselves on Galapagos. An island off the west of South America. The birds then evolved to become the now Galapagos finches. The finch is a small bird that weighs 8 – 38 grams and varies 10-20 cm depending on specie.

Web page:

For the web page I have used Wikipedia. Darwin’s Finches was the name of the web page, Wikipedia is a relevant source because it gave a good amount of information regarding how and why there are

Grant, this book is a complete set piece based on Darwin’s work and theory about finches, the book has in depth knowledge about the finch, its behaviour, physical structure, habitat, lifespan, evolution and physiology. This book is very relevant has it has enough information to answer the question “What is the relationship between Galapagos finches and South American finches?” The book was published 1999 making not recent but still relevant due to the in depth information it contains. The book has only two references to previous books of the same subject, referencing is done mainly in the form of citation, the author cites at many points where he received the quote from. The book is not peer