It’s not often that animals thought to be extinct are rediscovered, but you can put the Jerdon’s babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) on that short list. The small bird, lasted spotted in the grasslands of Myitkyo, Bago Region near the Sittaung River in 1941, was recently rediscovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Myanmar’s Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division—MOECAF, and National University of Singapore (NUS).
The team was surveying an abandoned agricultural station in Myanmar when they heard the bird’s illusive call. After they played the call back, a babbler paid the scientists a visit. For the next two days, the team found several of the birds hanging out in the area. The scientists took blood samples and photographs; the findings were published in the magazine, Birding Asia.
via Mental Floss
