Striking new bird discovered in South America

[XemaSab]

A brightly coloured bird has been discovered on a remote mountain range in South America. The previously unknown species, the Yariguies Brush Finch, has striking black, yellow and red plumage.

A British expert co-led the team which made the find during the first biological expedition to the Yariguies mountains in northern Colombia.

Ms Blanca Huertas, a curator at the Natural History Museum in London, said: "The description of a new bird is a rare event in modern times."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409237&in_page_id=1770

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Better get a good look.......

it will be extinct before long now.:sarcasm:

[Barrett808]

2. My first thought as well. n/t

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. It's a Republican bird!

Red, Blue and yellow-bellied!

[kestrel91316]

4. Awwww, he's cute. I sure hope there's no oil or housing development

potential to his natural environment or he'll be extinct before they can get him into all the bird books...........

[goforit]

5. My dog would love to chase him. This little bird is adorable!

[livetohike]

6. He's gorgeous!

Thanks for posting this XemaSab :hi:.

[XemaSab]

21. You're welcome!

:hi:

[IndianaGreen]

7. Let's kill it in the name of Jay-Zeus!

We all know that are flying creatures were created at the same time, birds and pterodactyls alike, about 5,000 years ago.

:silly:

[lonestarnot]

8. Fly fly little birdie! You are now known into being. Hide before

you too are extinct!

[Olney Blue]

9. Beautiful!

[dogindia]

10. True beauty.

glorious.

[cui bono]

11. neat

[yorkiemommie1]

12. How CUTE!

cute, cute!

[Beetwasher]

13. What A Beautiful Bird! How Is it Hand Trained?

:shrug:

[eShirl]

14. I think this particular one is "pinin' for the fjords"

if you get my drift...

[pitohui]

16. you are wrong -- this is a live bird

they make a point of saying this is the first species to be accepted by science without taking a specimen, they can now take the DNA sample and release the bird alive and well

as the other poster says, they are holding the bird by the feet, you would be surprised at how good some of these bird banders get at holding birds

[eShirl]

18. ok, I didn't click on the article

it just doesn't look very "lively" in the photo

[Thor_MN]

15. Looks like it's being held by the feet...

Probably caught in a mist net. Looks like it's recoiling a bit away from the person holding it. It's not perched of its own will to my eye, so I'd guess it's not hand trained.

[Beetwasher]

19. Well, Didn't Really Think It Was Hand Trained

But now I see where the holder's finger has it's feet. :thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

22. They're holding it by the feet

It's an elite skill only banders know. :D

[Beetwasher]

24. Actually, I Do That W/ My Birds

Just figured it would be harder w/ wild birds. But it makes sense.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

17. awesome!

nature is beautiful. what a treasure those forests are.

[Thickasabrick]

20. That bird has to be drugged or something. If it isn't fake or drugged

then it would be pecking the shit out of that guy's hand.

[XemaSab]

23. You would be VERY suprised

at how docile some birds can be while being banded... and how NASTY some other birds can be.

The sheer thought of cardinals makes me want to cry. :cry:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. Do cardinals get nasty?

I never knew that.

[XemaSab]

29. You know the little webs between your fingers?

Well so do they. :scared:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. I had a cat pierce my skin there once...

My dad and I found him, with a badly mangled leg, when I was a kid. We looked for the owner, but couldn't find one in the neighborhood. So we took care of him until we could find the owner. He didn't like getting his pill...

[Starlight]

31. LOL, that was my thought, too. I've had a lot of PET birds and many of >

them wouldn't even sit still like that.

[scarlet_owl]

25. Very cool.

He sure is cute.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Nice to have some good news...

Thanks! :hi:

[buddysmellgood]

28. Amazing what you can do to a common wren with a couple jars of Testers

[okoboji]

32. did anyone check the

arc manifest to be sure this was a "Noah" approved bird?

we wouldn't want our xtian fundilmentals panties in a wad over this cute little bird.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

33. Beautiful... That a new bird cn still be found inspires hope and freedom

A lot of symbolism there

[patrick t. cakes]

34. thats one sexy red head

adorable.

[Neshanic]

35. Looks like a Warner Bros. cartoon bird...cute thing, but probably

would bite your head off like that Monty Python Rabbit.

[BigBearJohn]

36. Thank you for posting. A true breath of fresh air. Something positive

[Theres-a]

37. Nice catch!

Thanks for posting.

[KittyWampus]

38. pretty bird!

[Oak2004]

39. Why do I get the impression that this thread has collected

a fair sampling of DU's "bird people"?

I'm sitting here explaining aloud that people have found a beautiful new bird -- to my parrot.