congener

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Eastward of the range of the present species its place is taken by its congener C. caniceps, which is easily recognized by wanting the black hood and white ear-coverts of the British bird.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

Are the bears of South America?—the sloth bear of India and Ceylon?—the bruang of Borneo?—and his near congener, the bruang of Java and Sumatra?

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

Unlike his congener the brown bear, the grizzly cannot climb a tree, and knowing this I fancied myself safe.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

Its smaller congener Sabine’s gull, X. sabinii, is more common, and has been found breeding both in Arctic America and in Siberia, and several examples, chiefly immature birds, have been obtained in the British islands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Its habits, too, are much the same, so that little can be said of it which does not equally apply to its congener.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.