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Medium ground finch

Medium ground finch with its blunt beak. This particular bird has been banded by Rosemary and Peter Grant during their field studies on Daphne Major. Reproduced with permission from K. Thalia Grant, and Princeton University Press, which first published the remaining images in 40 Years of Evolution (P. R. Grant & B. R. Grant, 2014).
Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant.
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