Galápagos Island Bird Considered Extinct Seen After 190 Years
The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.
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This Secretive Creature Observed By Darwin Was Thought Extinct Since 1835, Until Now
A secretive creature observed by Darwin has long since been thought extinct, until observers recently spotted a specimen.
Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger of dying out
On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...
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Creature observed by Darwin thought extinct on Galápagos island — until now. See it
“The Galápagos rail, a secretive bird thought to be extinct on Floreana ... and researchers recorded six calls, made two sightings and took photographs of one bird during the survey, according ...
Galápagos Rail seen on island where Charles Darwin discovered it for first time in 200 years
The Galápagos Rail has returned after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven out the bird ...
Rarely seen red list bird spotted in Herefordshire
A RARELY-seen bird has been spotted in Herefordshire, despite being on the UK conservation red list. Lesser redpolls are tiny ...
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Picture of bird extinct in Britain hammers down at Bonhams
A shot fired in 1832 eliminated the last of the great bustard (otis tarda) in Great Britain. The lar… ...
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The beautiful bird made extinct by human greed
It’s the events leading up to this final obliteration on Eldey that Tim Birkhead deals with in the first half of The Great Auk, a book that’s both a homage to the extinct bird and an account ...