Thursday, October 12, 2006

New Bird Discovered in Colombia

A new species of bird was discovered in the Andean cloud forests of Colombia. The discovery of the Yariguies Brush-finch was made by a team of scientists from Colombia and the U.K. and published in the latest Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. The government plans to conserve 500 acres of the bird's habitat as a national park.

Read the full Associated Press article.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This bird should be called a Mohawk Bird :)