All-black flycatcher-open beak (IMAGE)

Cornell University

All-black flycatcher-open beak

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This Chestnut-bellied Flycatcher has evolved the all-black plumage found on small satellite islands to the north and southeast of Makira Island in the Solomon Islands.

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Photo © Al Uy, University of Rochester.

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