New Bird Species Discovered in Remote Indonesia
Researchers have identified a new songbird species, the cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria), inhabiting the Babar Islands in Indonesia’s Banda Sea. Ornithologists Dr. James Eaton and Dr. Alex Berryman determined the bird is distinct from the cinnamon-tailed fantail (Rhipidura fuscorufa) of the Tanimbar Islands, ending over 120 years of taxonomic classification that previously grouped the two … Read more