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A small songbird inhabiting the Babar Islands, in the Banda Sea, Indonesia, has been identified as a new species after a duo of researchers discovered that its distinctive song sets it apart from its closest relative. Named the cheerful fantail (Rhipidura laguceria), the bird had previously been treated as identical to the cinnamon-tailed fantail (Rhipidura fuscorufa), found 135 km (84 miles) to the east on the Tanimbar Islands.
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