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Nepals Extinct Bird Spotted After Disappearing for 178 Years

2016-06-15 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: A team of bird-watchers stumbled upon a bird that hasn`t been seen in eastern Nepal for almost 200 years. The red-faced liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) hasn`t been spotted for 178 years and was thought to be locally extinct, according to Australian Geographic. A group of ornithologists spotted the bird on a 10-day bird watching tour. We were excited when we first spotted a pair of red-faced liocichla in the forest, Hem Sagar Baral, of the Zoological Society London and leader of the tour,...

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