“The description of this many bird species from such a geographically limited area is a rarity.'
Scientists who explored high-altitude locations in the Indonesian archipelago discovered a group of new bird species.Scientists who explored high altitude locations in the Indonesian archipelago discovered a group of new bird species.
“The description of this many bird species from such a geographically limited area is a rarity,” they wrote in the paper. New bird species have been discovered in Indonesia's Taliabu Island, including the Taliabu Grasshopper-Warbler.The lack of data of the island's unexplored regions kept the birds out of the record books, according to the paper. Previous expeditions didn’t get past the island’s coast or go into the hilly terrain. Six of the birds were discovered in habitats on the island that were at elevations as high as 3 kilometers, the researchers said.
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