A brochure published in 1999 by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States says: “A particularly compelling example of speciation [the evolution of new species] involves the 13 species of finches studied by Darwin on the Galápagos Islands, now known as Darwin’s finches. ”
१९७० च्या दशकात पीटर व रोझमरी ग्रांट यांच्या नेतृत्त्वाखाली संशोधकांच्या एका गटाने या फिंच पक्ष्यांवर अभ्यास सुरू केला.