New Multicolored Bird Found in India

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/tech/2006/sep/12/091202549.html

NEW DELHI (AP) - A new bird species has been found in India, the first time such a discovery has been made here in more than 50 years, an astronomer and keen bird watcher said Tuesday.

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, who found the bird, 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, he told The Associated Press.

Birdlife International, a global alliance of conservation organizations, described it on its Web site Tuesday as "the most sensational ornithological discovery in India for more than half a century."

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[LiberalEsto]

1. And Dick Cheney wants to shoot one nt

[jilln]

5. You can be sure that won't be far off...

the guy who caught them apparently had the intention to kill one already!!!

""We thought the bird was just too rare for one to be killed," Athreya said."

Seriously, is there not a single animal we humans can't just leave the heck alone?

[dbackjon]

2. Awesome!!!

[DrDebug]

3. It's really pretty

Athreya who discovered them saw the species first ten years ago, and he couldn't identify them, however it wasn't until May 2006 that he found and captured the bird.

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/09/bugun_liocichla.html

[eleny]

4. What a cutie!

Thanks so much for the pic.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Beautiful!

:)

[kestrel91316]

7. Oh, goody! Let's see how quick we can ruin its environment and

make it extinct.