It is difficult to determine whether a species is extinct or not. When it comes to megafauna with a relatively limited range, it’s not that bad, but it’s a little more difficult to keep an eye on the tiny birds that fly in the rich ecosystem of flying birds. However, science is relatively certain that the black-brown chirping (Malacocincla perspicillata) is confined to history books, which is why birdwatchers have been fascinated to find living specimens as recently as 172 years after they were first seen. The findings were published in a journal BirdingASIA.
In Banjarmasin, Indonesia, Muhammad Suranto and Muhammad Rizky Fauzan discovered what has been described as “the greatest mystery in Indonesian ornithology”. The two local residents in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province were gathering plant material when they came across a bird they didn’t recognize. Out of curiosity, they caught it, took a few photos, and then took it off.
The pair turned to local ornithologists BW Galeatus and Birdpacker, and at that point their great discovery became clear. Experts consulted with the couple and in the photo, and confirmed that it was indeed the long-lost black-and-brown buggers.
“It seems unreal to know that we have found a bird species that experts think are extinct,” said Fauzan in one of his articles. Explanation. “When we found it, we didn’t expect it to be so special – we thought it was just another bird we had never seen before.”
The black-browed babbler made its debut in the 1840s when specimens were collected by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850 and later identified. This is the last black-and-brown babbler described in 172 years when a species miraculously escaped the grasp of science to live a life that seemed so elusive. This species has been mysterious since its name, because those responsible for the first specimens are not entirely clear which island it came from.
“The sensational discovery confirms that the black-browed chirper originated in the southeastern part of Kalimantan, ending centuries of confusion about its origin,” said lead author of the newspaper Panji Gusti Akbar of the Indonesian bird protection group Birdpacker. “These findings also confirm that this species is being conserved in this lesser-known part of Kalimantan despite massive deforestation and habitat transformation. So there is a very high probability that it will be seriously threatened by habitat loss. “
Similar disappearing acts, also found in Indonesia, involve nosed horned dragon lizards roaming in the wild after being MIA in science for more than 100 years.
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