Meet Indonesia’s new honeyeater species from Rote island

Mongabay
Jan 5, 2018, 9:39 am472 ptsHot
Scientists have described a new species of bird found only on the island of Rote in eastern Indonesia — but already the population of the honey-eating fowl is threatened by habitat loss as a result of rapid deforestation. The discovery of Myzomela irianawidodoae — named after Indonesia’s first lady,…

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