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🐾 Animals
June 08, 2026 at 02:00 PM
This Colorful Parakeet Had Been Seen Only Once Over the Past Century. Birders Just Rediscovered It in an Unexplored Indonesian Forest
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Bird-watchers rediscovered the blue-fronted lorikeet, a colorful parakeet unseen for decades, in an Indonesian forest, capturing photos and the first audio recordings of its calls.
parakeet
rediscovery
rare bird
Indonesia
conservation