Andrew,
I wonder if the person who did the news release got things a bit
muddled. There is no "July" issue of the OBC journal "Forktail". It is
published once a year, the next issue is due in August. I had a look
at the table of contents for the this issue and there is no listing
for the paper "An unusual new bulbul (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae)
from the Limestone karst of Lao PDR". Looks like we will have to wait
'till Forktail arrives in my mailbox next month to see if is actually
in there. Perhaps the paper missed the publication date. I have
emailed Iain Woxvold asking for a copy of the paper anyway. I anyone
would like a copy when it arrives, let me know.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 30/07/2009, at 9:48 AM, Andrew Taylor wrote:
"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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