congener

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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

Both these birds have much in common with their larger congener the capercally and its eastern representative.

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.

Gymnogongrus has two British species, one much resembling Chondrus crispus, already named, of which it was formerly considered a congener.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter

The Bornean bear is also the smallest of the family—in size, being even less than his near congener, the Malayan bear; though resembling the latter in many particulars.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist