A large-billed reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orinus), one of the world's least known birds, is seen in this photo released by Birdlife International. A wetland bird that has eluded scientists for nearly 130 years, it has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand. More details here,
- Log in to post comments
More like this
tags: large-billed reed-warbler, birds
Large-billed Reed-warbler, Acrocephalus orinus: the world's most mysterious bird.
Image: Philip Round/The Wetland Trust.
More elusive than even the Ivory-billed woodpecker, a large-billed reed-warbler has been rediscovered at a wastewater treatment plant…
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula.
Image appears here with the kind permission of the photographer, Pamela Wells.
Birds in Science
People have long wondered how cowbirds can get away with leaving their eggs in the nests of other species, who then raise the baby cowbirds. Why don't the hosts just…
Despite Their Heft, Many Dinosaurs Had Surprisingly Tiny Genomes:
They might be giants, but many dinosaurs apparently had genomes no larger than that of a modern hummingbird. So say scientists who've linked bone cell and genome size among living species and then used that new understanding to…
A freshly-plumaged LeConte's Sparrow, Ammodramus leconteii, that Dave Rintoul banded in Kansas in the fall of 2005. (bigger version).
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU.
Birds in Science
In the past few years, China has become famous for the number and quality of bird fossils from the Early Cretaceous…
wastewater, huh? interesting....
The location of capture at Laem Pak Bia is a small area of grass filter beds in a royally initiated wastewater treatment project in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. It is a very small area within a large region of salt pans and some fringing mangroves. There is a photo of the site and another picture of the bird here: [url]http://www.thaibirding.com/news/news_lbreedwarbler.htm[/url]