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[edit] NewsAugust 19, 2008: There is evidence that magpies are able to recognize themselves. Psychologist Helmut Prior and colleagues have found evidence of self-recognition in magpies. This species has a brain structure very different from mammals. Read the full story! August 15, 2008: Fifteen white tailed sea eagles are being released east of Scotland with hopes to reintroduce the incredibly rare bird there. The birds are being released in batches of four or three at a time, and they are radio tagged so that their progress can be tracked. Read the full story! If you have news related to birds that you would like to report, please go to the Newsroom forum and tell about it. |
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[edit] Featured article The Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) is a member of the Paradisaeidae family. It is endemic to the south western lowland and hill forests of New Guinea. From 1909 to 1958, a small population introduced by Sir William Ingram in an attempt to save the species from excessive poaching for the plume trade survived on Little Tobago Island of West Indies, though, the birds are considered to be since extinct in that region. Carolus Linnaeus named the species Paradisaea apoda or "legless bird of paradise", because early skins of the bird were traded to Europe with the feet removed, and this brought the misconception that the birds floated in the air and never touched the ground until death.
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