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Hawaiian honeycreeper

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noun

  1. any small to medium-sized finches of the subfamily Drepanidinae, native to the Hawaiian Islands and including many rare and extinct species.

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There are many examples of this in nature, including Darwin’s finches, northern and Mexican spotted owls, and Hawaiian honeycreeper.

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The Hawaiian honeycreeper illustrates one example of adaptive radiation.

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