The Galapagos Islands, 2006 & 2008

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A Hood mockingbird (Nesomimus macdonaldi), found only on Hood (Espanola) Island. Four endemic species of mockingbirds have evolved on separate islands in the Galapagos, In fact, mockingbirds are the only Galapagos bird family other than finches which has evolved into divergent species.
Copyright © 2006 John Van de Graaff

A Hood mockingbird (Nesomimus macdonaldi), found only on Hood (Espanola) Island. Four endemic species of mockingbirds have evolved on separate islands in the Galapagos, In fact, mockingbirds are the only Galapagos bird family other than finches which has evolved into divergent species.

Bird Photographs by John Van de Graaff