[nukkad] New bird species found in India

["Harshal Chhaya" <>]

An AP news article says that a new bird species has been found in
India, the first time such a discovery has been made here in more than
50 years. The bird has a black cap, a bright yellow patch around the
eyes and yellow, crimson, black and white patches on the wings.

The discovery was made by an astronomer and keen bird watcher.

The article goes on to say:
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The multicolored bird, Bugun Liocichla, was spotted in May in the
remote Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in India's northeastern state of
Arunachal Pradesh near the border with China, said Ramana Athreya, a
member of Mumbai's Natural History Society.
...

Athreya said he had first briefly spotted the bird in 1995. "But it
was only this year I had a sufficiently good look that we could move
into the matter."

Athreya, who found the bird, named it after the Bugun tribe, which
lives in the area.

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," Athreya said.
===

You can see photos of the Bugun Liocichla bird at
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/09/bugun_liocichla.html

- Harshal


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