New, undescribed species of bird found in New Guinea

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A bird first observed in western New Guinea in 2014 is new to science, according to a study published earlier this month.

First seen by ornithologists in the cloudforests of the Kumawa Mountains in West Papua, the previously unknown bird was identified as a berrypecker belonging to the genus Melanocharis. It was seen again on a longer trip to the same area in 2017.

Now, seven years on from the original field observations, 'Satin Berrypecker' Melanocharis citreola has been formally described in a new paper printed in Ibis.

Satin Berrypecker's main characteristics are its iridescent blue-black upperparts, satin-white underparts washed with lemon yellow, and white outer edges to the outer tail feathers.

Source: https://www.birdguides.com/articles/ornithology/new-berrypecker-species-described-from-new-guinea/

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Male at full adulthood and immature male:

 

Where the subspecies live:

 

Family tree

http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2021/06/melanocharis-citreola.html

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A new birb to love yay 

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They always seem to find new species in Papua New Guinea. I hope it remains mostly untouched by humans. 

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undescribed?

"small bird"

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And now that humans know about it, it’ll be gone in a decade

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12 hours ago, PrincessGUY said:

And now that humans know about it, it’ll be gone in a decade

New Guinea is basically a big unexpolored jungle mini-continent. Locals prefer to travel from city A to city B with the plane instead of cars because the jungle is deep and explored.

So I actually think this time around the bird species will be safe.

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On 7/1/2021 at 12:04 AM, Bonkers said:

undescribed?

"small bird"

Well after it was discovered, it was seen and then its features and appeareanced can be described.  But before it was undescribed.