Vagrancy (biology)
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Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby an individual animal appears well outside its normal range; such an animal is a vagrant. The term accidental is sometimes also used. There are a number of p
Southern elephant seal, a species of earless seals, photographed in South Africa.
Laughing gull, a species of the Americas, photographed in Wales.
Vagrant birds in unfamiliar habitats may end up dying from stress or a lack of food, as happened to this great shearwater that was found at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan
Hawaiian honeycreeper
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Hawaiʻian honeycreepers are a group of small birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. They are members of the finch family Fringillidae, closely related to the rosefinches, but many species have evolved features unl
Vagrancy (biology)
…lack of gene flow may result in speciation. Many isolated oceanic islands are home to species that are descended from landbirds blown out to sea, Hawaiian honeycreepers and Darwin's finches being prominent examples. The appearance of vagrant birds can attract significant attention from birders, and some hobbyists will…
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Beak and tongue shapes of Hawaiian honeycreepers and the Mohoidae
Adult iiwi
Himatione fraithii