Question

Two populations of flightless birds with somewhat different coloration live on opposite sides of an island. The habitat between the populations is not suitable for the birds. When birds from the two populations are brought together in captivity, they produce young whose appearance is intermediate between the two parents. These offspring will breed with each other, or with the birds from either parent population, and produce viable offspring.

Required:
What keeps these two populations from interbreeding in the wild?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Habitat Isolation causes non-inbreeding, whereas in captivity, there is no boundary