".................an astronomer as well as amateur ornithologist." -- oh, oh, Hindu science again?
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Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A New Bird Species Is Confirmed in India
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 13, 2006
NEW DELHI, Sept. 12 (AP) - 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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