Parent -- <I>G. conirostris</I> (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Parent -- <I>G. conirostris</I>

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A member of the <I>G. conirostris</I> species, this bird flew from roughly 100 kilometers away to establish a new home on the Galapagos island of Daphne Major. There, the bird mated with a member of the <I>G. fortis</I> species to give rise to the Big Bird lineage.

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