New Species of Bird Discovered in India

September 12th, 2006 Desty Nova Posted in News |

IT WOULD SEEM THAT DISCOVERIES of new species lean towards the less endearing side, but not this time. Unlike the prior recent discoveries linked, the discovery of this tacky-souvenir-shop-perfect bird, has generated a flurry of news articles totalling 64 on compared to, well, 1, 1, and 1 on Google News. PETA members may complain about this perceived inequality, but we at Darwin Central firmly believe that supply and demand is a corollary to natural selection.

Bugun Liocichla

Detailed PDF from Indian Birds

One Response to “New Species of Bird Discovered in India”

  1. Lovely bird. Now let’s drive them into extinction in the wild by trapping them all for the exotic pet trade!

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