New Bird Found

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409237&in_page_id=1770

A brightly coloured bird has been discovered on a remote mountain range in 
South America. The previously unknown species, the Yariguies Brush Finch, 
has striking black, yellow and red plumage.

A British expert co-led the team which made the find during the first 
biological expedition to the Yariguies mountains in northern Colombia.

Ms Blanca Huertas, a curator at the Natural History Museum in London, 
said: "The description of a new bird is a rare event in modern times."
...
Two birds were caught by the team, one of which was used to provide a DNA 
sample and photographs before being released unharmed. This is the first 
time a live specimen has been used for a description of a new bird 
species.
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