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Newfound Galapagos Bird Species Already Went Extinct (1 Viewer)

A newly discovered species of brilliant red songbird has almost certainly already vanished from its home in the Galápagos Islands, in what is the first known songbird extinction on the island chain in modern times.

The San Cristóbal Island vermilion flycatcher and the Galápagos vermilion flycatcher also show subtle differences in size, coloration and song.

Authorities in Galapagos Islands never know exactly what it was that wiped them out!

This is ridiculous. I hope for the new species for the authorities to focus into it before its gone.
 

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