Lukas VFN 🇪🇺First known photos of 'lost bird' captured by scientists
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-photos-lost-bird-captured-scientists.html
"For the first time, #scientists have captured photos of a #bird long thought lost. Known as the Yellow-crested #Helmetshrike, or Prionops alberti... it had not seen in nearly two decades... The bird is endemic to the western slopes of the #AlbertineRift of Central #Africa... perhaps the species still has a reasonably healthy population in the remote #forests"
First known photos of 'lost bird' captured by scientists
For the first time, scientists have captured photos of a bird long thought lost. Known as the Yellow-crested Helmetshrike, or Prionops alberti, the species is listed as a 'lost bird' by the American Bird Conservancy because it had not seen in nearly two decades.