Bird Guides Once Listed the Myrtle Warbler and Audubon's Warbler

question 43

Multiple Choice

Bird guides once listed the myrtle warbler and Audubon's warbler as distinct species. Recently, these birds have been reclassified as eastern and western forms of a single species, the yellow-rumped warbler. Which of the following pieces of evidence, if true, would be cause for this reclassification?

• A) The two forms interbreed often in nature, and their offspring survive and reproduce well.
• B) The two forms live in similar habitats.
• C) The two forms have many genes in common.
• D) The two forms have similar food requirements.
• E) The two forms are very similar in coloration.

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