{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{Speciesbox | name = Sharp-beaked ground finch | image = Geospiza difficilis - Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany - DSC00096.jpg | image_caption = | image2 = Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (f) JCB.tif | image2_caption = Female on Floreana Island | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2017 |title=''Geospiza difficilis'' |amends=2016 |article-number=e.T103815127A119460685 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103815127A119460685.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Geospiza | species = difficilis | authority = Sharpe, 1888 | synonyms = | range_map = Geospiza difficilis map.svg }}
The '''sharp-beaked ground finch''' ('''''Geospiza difficilis''''') is a species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae, and it is native to the Galápagos Islands.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /> It has a mass of around {{convert|20|g}} and the males have black plumage, while females have streaked grey plumage.{{cn|date=September 2025}} This finch was described by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=71A337A76508B568|title=''Geospiza difficilis''|publisher=Avibase|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref>
This relatively small, slender-billed finch is found on Fernandina, Santiago, Pinta, formerly Santa Cruz and Floreana. It breeds in the humid highlands and disperses afterwards. It is possible it still occurs on Isabela.{{cn|date=September 2025}}
Both the vampire ground finch and the Genovesa ground finch were considered subspecies. The International Ornithologists' Union have split them based on strong genetic, morphological, and song evidence, while other taxonomic authorities still consider them conspecific.
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