{"id":93019,"date":"2021-03-06T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=93019"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T05:34:07","slug":"black-browed-babbler-rediscovered-after-170-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/black-browed-babbler-rediscovered-after-170-years\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Black-Browed Babbler&#8221; rediscovered after 170 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Black-browed Babbler(Malacocincla perspicillata) has been rediscovered. It is spotted in southeastern Kalimantan, Borneo in Indonesia after 170 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Black Browed Babbler:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Black Browed Babbler <\/strong>is a songbird species in the family of Pellorneidae.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The single specimen<\/strong> of the bird was first found between 1843 through 1848 during an expedition. However, after that, the species was never seen in the wild again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>The bird is known for the longest known missing period (170 years) for any Asian species. It is also often called &#8216;the biggest enigma in Indonesian ornithology\u2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features of the bird:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The upper parts of the bird were rich brown while the underparts up to the breast were greyish with fine white streaking.<\/li>\n<li>The bird has a broad black eye stripe and the iris was found to be deep red. The legs are dark slate-grey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status: <\/strong>Data Deficient. 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Black-browed Babbler(Malacocincla perspicillata) has been rediscovered. It is spotted in southeastern Kalimantan, Borneo in Indonesia after 170 years. About Black Browed Babbler: Black Browed Babbler is a songbird species in the family of Pellorneidae. The single specimen of the bird was first found between 1843 through 1848 during an expedition. 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