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The above shown pictures are of a type of birds seen in the island near South America.
a. Identify the island.
b. What is the significance of these birds in evolution?

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a. Galapagos islands. This is a chain of 14 islands in the Pacific ocean situated nearly 960 km away from west coast of South America.
b. They are the Darwin finches. This is a classical example for adaptive radiation forwarded by Charles Darwin.
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