A Galapagos Mockingbird,from the collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station on Galapagos. While actually on the Beagle voyage,it was the mockinbirds,and not the celebrated finches gave Darwin a glimpse that species could vary from neighbouring Island to Island. Darwin originally misidentified the finches when he collected them on the Galapagos,assuming them to be from very different groups. He also failed to label the birds very well,which he always regretted. Artist/ornithologist John Gould identified the birds for him and alerted him to the Mockinbirds being distinct species and the others as a new group of 12 closely related species of ground finch. The name 'Darwin's finch' was applied to the latter by Percy Lowe in 1936 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Stewart, Paul D. |
Taille de l’image : | 5118 px × 3415 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |