'Extinct' bird rediscovered: Last seen in 1941
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A scientific team has rediscovered a bird previously thought to be extinct. Jerdon's babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) had not been seen in Myanmar since July 1941, where it was last found in grasslands near the town of Myitkyo, Bago Region near the Sittaung River.