News tagged with reed warblers
Afghanistan protects newly rediscovered rare bird
(AP) -- Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast.
Feb 28, 2010 |
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World's least known bird rediscovered
A species of bird, which has only been observed alive on three previous occasions since it was first discovered in 1867, has been rediscovered in a remote land corridor in north-eastern Afghanistan. The discovery ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Scientists find 'world's least known bird' breeding in Afghanistan
Researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have discovered for the first time the breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler—dubbed in 2007 as "the world's least known bird species"—in the remote ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Rare bird's breeding ground found in Afghanistan
(AP) -- The first known breeding area of one of the world's rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said Monday.
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Birds' strategic mobbing fends off parasitic invaders
Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Cuckoos act as parasites by lay ...
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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