Figure 2. Close up of the large ground finch Geospiza magnirostris

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Figure 2. Close up of the large ground finch Geospiza magnirostris

Close up of the large ground finch Geospiza magnirostris (illustrated here) that competed for food with the medium ground finch Geospiza fortis, on Daphne Major Island during a severe drought.
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