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Rare blackthroated blue robins spotted in China (BBC)
By Matt Walker
Editor, BBC Nature
Crucial new discoveries about one of the world's least-known and rarest birds have been made by scientists.
The blackthroat, or blackthroated blue robin (Calliope obscura) is one of the world's rarest "robins", being known from only a handful of records since it was first described in the 1890s.
In 2011, experts resighted a small number of male blackthroats in China.
But now they have sighted a female and a breeding pair, learning more about the robin's behaviour.
Details of the discovery are published in the Journal of Ornithology.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/26851727