Auwo/Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon rediscovered, PNG

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Auwo/Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon rediscovered, PNG

Postby Michael Szabo » Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:39 pm

140 years after the Auwo (Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon) was last seen by scientists, researchers have "rediscovered" the rare species.
After a month of searching in September, a team captured footage of the species deep in the forest of tiny Fergusson Island in Papua New Guinea:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-636 ... Jpdn8rvKW8
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