This bird had been considered 'lost' for 140 years. Here's how scientists found it again | CBC Radio

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Here's how scientists found it againExpedition teams credits 'incredible local knowledge' of Papua New Guinea huntersJohn Mittermeier could barely believe his eyes when he saw the footage of a little black and orange bird strutting its tail feathers in front of the camera.He and his team have captured video of a black-naped pheasant-pigeon on an island in Papua New Guinea.By that definition, you can't get much more lost than the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, or Otidiphaps nobilis, which was first described by scientists in 1882, then never again.At first, most of the people they spoke to said they'd never heard of the bird — until they reached the villages on the western Mt.Serena Ketaloya, a conservationist from Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, says the discovery is a welcome one."

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