An extremely rare bird has been documented by scientists for the first time since its 1882 discovery and has been captured on camera for the first time ever.
, a large, ground-dwelling pigeon that only lives on one island, has been documented by scientists for the first time since its 1882 discovery and has been captured on camera for the first time ever.
“When we collected the camera traps, I figured there was less than a one-percent chance of getting a photo of the Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon,” Jordan Boersma, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University and co-leader of the expedition team, ABC explains that the expedition team arrived on the island in September with the goal of capturing one of these rare birds on camera. The group spent a month traveling around the island and interviewing local community members to identify the best locations to set up camera traps with the hope of seeing one.
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