[TN-Bird] New Bird Species Described

From: <cpnichol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:37:54 -0400
Hey world listers - here is one you probably don't have!  

Check out the picture of the bird in the original article at 
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/science/13bird.html?ref=science
It is a very attractive little songbird.

Chuck Nicholson
Norris, TN


A New Bird Species Is Confirmed in India 
              
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 13, 2006
NEW DELHI, Sept. 12 ? A new bird species has been found in India, the first 
such discovery here in more than 50 years, the amateur ornithologist who first 
spotted the bird said Tuesday.

The multicolored bird, Liocichla bugunorum, was first sighted in May in the 
remote Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, a northeastern state 
near the border with China, by Ramana Athreya, an astronomer as well as amateur 
ornithologist. 

Mr. Athreya said he named it after the Bugun tribe, which lives in the area. 
The bird has a black cap, a bright yellow patch around the eyes and yellow, 
crimson, black and white patches on the wings.

Mr. Athreya caught two of the species, but released them after making detailed 
notes and taking photographs ? and keeping feathers that had worked loose in 
his net.

?We thought the bird was just too rare for one to be killed,? he said. ?With 
today?s modern technology, we could gather all the information we needed to 
confirm it as a new species. We took feathers and photographs and recorded the 
bird?s songs.? 

Though the bird was discovered in May, the news was kept under wraps until the 
bird was confirmed as a new species.

Mr. Athreya said he first spotted the bird in 1995, ?but it was only this year 
I had a sufficiently good look that we could move into the matter.?


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