The BBC reports that a treker on the Tibetan plateau has found a Sillem’s Mountain Finch, which has not been seen in 80 years. He only found the bird as had stayed in camp sick with food poisoning.
It was originally thought to be a race of Brandt’s Mountain Finch. in 1992 an ornithologist studied two collected species discovered that the Sillem’s Mountain Finch was a separate species.
Read more at BBC News – Tibetan mountain finch rediscovered after 80 years.
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Very interesting article! I always like reading about Finches 🙂
~Chelsea @ LPBA
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By: Chelsea @ LPBA on March 3, 2013
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