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Extinct Banggai Crow (Corvus Unicolor) found alive
A critically endangered Indonesian crow — long feared extinct — has been rediscovered in its native habitat, scientists announced today.
The all-black Banggai Crow (Corvus unicolor), known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, was found again by Indonesian biologists on Peleng Island, off the east coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, in 2007. Pamela Rasmussen, [...]
Posted: October 18th, 2009 under Banggai Crow, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Corvus unicolor, Crow, crows, Extinct, Indonesia, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Peleng Island.
Tags: Banggai Crow, banggai crow found, banggai crow is not extinct, banggai crow not extinct, corvus color found, Corvus unicolor, corvus unicolor not extinct, crow is not extinct, crow not extinct, extinct crow, Indonesia, Indonesian island of Java, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, once thought extinct, previous extinct
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Sunda Treepie
The Sunda Treepie or Sumatran Treepie (Dendrocitta occipitalis) is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The Bornean Treepie (D. cinerascens) is sometimes considered to be a [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2009 under Dendrocitta occipitalis, Indonesia, Sumatra, Sumatran Treepie, Sunda Treepie.
Tags: Corvidae Family, Dendrocitta occipitalis, Indonesia, Sumatra, Sumatran Treepie, Sunda Treepie
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