A bird that was last sighted 83 years ago has again made an appearance. The bird lives at at altitude of 16,500 feet and two specimen were collected in 1929. They sat in a drawer for more than 60 years – the only ones ever found. Until now. From Animal Planet,
On a recent trip to the Yeniugou Valley on the Tibetan Plateau, photographer Yann Muzika snapped the photo of a lifetime. He didn’t know it at the time, but the plainly-colored finch he spied was the long-lost Sillem’s mountain finch. The photo above (sic) represents the first time anyone has seen one of these birds in over 80 years.
Virtually nothing is known about the bird so far, but it appears to be a high-altitude specialist.
This is incredible! Maybe we’ll next find a dodo bird!
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