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Researchers rejoice upon realizing their trail cameras captured footage of a bird that hasn't been documented in 140 years

Reported byAmerican Bird Conservancy / Re:wild / BirdLife International ↗·Sourced by Goodlede

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Trail cameras on Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea captured the first scientific documentation of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon since 1882, a bird lost to science for 144 years, through a collaboration between local communities and the Search For Lost Birds project founded in 2021.

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Researchers rejoice upon realizing their trail cameras captured footage of a bird that hasn't been documented in 140 years

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