This is so cool!
Perhaps it feeds on nectar and so doesn't have head featehrs to get
all sticky, like the Noisy Friarbird.
John Leonard
2009/7/30 Andrew Taylor <>:
> "An odd songbird with a bald head living in a rugged region in Laos has
> been discovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and
> University of Melbourne, as part of a project funded and managed by the
> mining company MMG (Minerals and Metals Group) that operates the Sepon
> copper and gold project in the region.
>
> Dubbed the "Bare-faced Bulbul" because of the lack of feathers
> on its face and part of its head, it is the only example of a bald
> songbird in mainland Asia according to scientists. It is the first new
> species of bulbul - a family of about 130 species - described
> in Asia in over 100 years."
>
> More and photo at:
> http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/554704/
>
> Iain Woxvold is an occasional birding-aus contributer.
>
> Andrew
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