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07-03-2007
Indian warbler “lost” for 139 years makes spectacular return—in Thailand and the UK
Bangkok/Bombay/Cambridge —Ornithologists across the world are celebrating with the news that a wetland bird that has eluded scientists ever since its discovery in India in 1867 has been refound. Twice.
The Large-billed Reed-warbler is the world’s least known bird.[1] A single bird was collected in the Sutlej Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, in 1867, but many had questioned whether it was indeed represented a true species and wasn’t just an aberrant individual of a common species...
