{"id":1747209,"date":"2022-11-21T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747209"},"modified":"2022-11-21T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T20:49:12","slug":"after-more-than-a-century-scientists-spot-bird-for-second-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-more-than-a-century-scientists-spot-bird-for-second-time-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"After More Than A Century, Scientists Spot Bird For Second Time Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-more-than-a-century-scientists-spot-bird-for-second-time-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">A bird scientists haven\u2019t seen in more than 140 years was recently viewed for the second time in history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The black-naped pheasant-pigeon is a black and orange bird that has red eyes. Researchers first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2022\/11\/20\/black-naped-pheasant-pigeon-researchers-spot\/10745270002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saw<\/a> it in 1882, and it hasn\u2019t been seen since, until now. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/datazone.birdlife.org\/species\/factsheet\/Black-naped-Pheasant-pigeon-Otidiphaps-insularis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BirdLife International<\/a>, the animal is classified as critically endangered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAfter a month of searching, seeing those first photos of the pheasant-pigeon felt like finding a unicorn. It is the kind of moment you dream about your entire life as a conservationist and birdwatcher,\u201d John C. Mittermeier, co-leader of the excursion, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A group of researchers went to Fergusson Island, near the southeastern side of Papua New Guinea. The team was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/black-naped-pheasant-pigeon-papau-new-guinea-fergusson-island-mt-kilkerran-rewild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operating<\/a> with Search for Lost Birds, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewild.org\/press\/the-new-search-for-lost-birds-aims-to-find-some-of-the-rarest-birds-on-earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partnership<\/a> between multiple groups to rediscover \u201cbirds that have become enigmas in ornithology,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewild.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re:wild<\/a>, which was founded by researchers and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The team arrived at their destination in September with dreams of seeing the creature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, re:wild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rewild.org\/press\/large-pigeon-lost-to-science-for-140-years-rediscovered-in-papua-new-guinea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the group had found the bird. The researchers searched the island for a month while asking locals where to place their camera traps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hunters from the region have said they saw the bird in certain areas, and the team set up eight cameras in those spots. They also put 12 camera traps on Mt. Kilkerran, the highest mountain on the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until we reached villages on the western slope of Mt. Kilkerran that we started meeting hunters who had seen and heard the pheasant-pigeon,\u201d Jason Gregg, conservation biologist and a co-leader of the team, said. \u201cWe became more confident about the local name of the bird, \u2018Auwo,\u2019 and felt like we were getting closer to the core habitat of where the black-naped pheasant-pigeon lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Their efforts were not in vain, as they finally got a picture of the bird using a remote camera trap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen we collected the camera traps, I figured there was less than a one percent chance of getting a photo of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon,\u201d Jordan Boersma, co-leader of the expedition group, noted. \u201cThen as I was scrolling through the photos, I was stunned by this photo of this bird walking right past our camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Doka Nason is the researcher who established the camera trap that would capture a picture of the mysterious bird.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen we finally found the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, it was during the final hours of the expedition,\u201d Doka Nason said. \u201cWhen I saw the photos, I was incredibly excited.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bird scientists haven\u2019t seen in more than 140 years was recently viewed for the second time in history.\u00a0 The black-naped pheasant-pigeon is a black and orange bird that has red eyes. Researchers first saw it in 1882, and it hasn\u2019t been seen since, until now. 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