Woweeee! Pure excitement and relief best describes how Lily-Arison Rene de Roland, Loukman Kalavah and I felt after nine days of searching for the lost Dusky Tetraka in the mountains of Madagascar last month @ABCbirds @peregrinefund @rewild #searchforlostbirds

“Lost birds” represent some of the biggest mysteries in bird conservation. Learning more about them is vital for science, but 'rediscovery' raises critical social questions. Our Lost Birds Fellow will help us envision a more ethical conservation future. https://t.co/uJNZDhRkbO

Incredible. Makes you wonder how many other crazy rarities like this are out there that never get detected.

Joy as bird feared extinct spotted in Madagascar

SPECIES REDISCOVERED! An expedition led by our Madagascar Program team rediscovered the dusky tetraka, a songbird that hasn't been seen in 24 years. Read the story here: https://t.co/PWW0sMNZdG 📸 The Peregrine Fund's Dr. Rene de Roland with dusky tetraka by John C. Mittermeir

#LostSpecies FOUND 🧵 songbird rediscovered in Madagascar after eluding scientists for 24 yrs. The Dusky Tetraka is one of the top 10 most wanted species by the Search for Lost Birds. Connect w/ the experts via press@rewild.org @ABCbirds @BirdLife_News @peregrinefund

Such an incredible story of rediscovery! Congratulations to everyone on the team 👏

FOUND: Mysterious songbird rediscovered in Madagascar after eluding scientists for 24 years! Great work by @peregrinefund, @ABCbirds, and @rewild 📸 @johnmittermeier https://t.co/VmY8fdb75w

One of the top 10 most wanted species by the Search for #LostBirds has been found! The Dusky Tetraka is still in Madagascar after 24 years of being undocumented to researchers. Read more: https://t.co/XPXXHxl5hD HT @birdlife_news @rewild @peregrinefund

Birders know the feeling when you a see 'dream' bird for the first time. So just imagine how this must have felt for the researchers rediscovering a bird not documented in 140 years - MEGA

Thank you @rich_! We are super excited about the news!!

On a small island off New Guinea, a camera trap has captured the first images *ever* taken of the Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon, a bird that has not been seen by scientists in 140 years.

Pure joy! Me, checking and re-checking the camera-trap screen after realizing the Black-naped pheasant-pigeon still exists!!! #lostbirds #Auwo

S/o to @JasonJGregg who led this expedition with me and to @johnmittermeier of @ABCbirds. We couldn't have found this species w/o the help of our Papua New Guinea collaborators Doka Nason, Eli Malesa, Serena Ketaloya, and Bulisa Iova, and the knowledge of Fergusson hunters.

https://t.co/YgbP8U1qM8 @johnmittermeier @Jordan_Boersma amazing!!

John C. Mittermeier @johnmittermeier, director of the Lost Birds program at ABC and co-leader of the expedition, said: “It is the kind of moment you dream about your entire life as a conservationist and birdwatcher.”

I am super excited to share the first video of the Black-naped pheasant-pigeon, a species from Papua New Guinea lost to science for 140 years! @ABCbirds @rewild @Jordan_Boersma @johnmittermeier

This is *incredible* news! A critically endangered top 10 #LostBird and species that has only been seen one other time since 1946. Congrats to @selvaorgco and their partners on the amazing work. #SantaMartaSabrewing #SearchforLostBirds

Santa Marta Sabrewing re-re-discovered! . @TheBirdersShow @audubonsociety @AudubonAmericas @ABCbirds @rewild @BirdsColombia @ferayqui @johnmittermeier @selvaorgco @BirdLife_News @NeoBirdClub

¡Extra, extra! Tras 13 años, ¡nos reencontramos con el enigmático, endémico y críticamente amenazado #ColibríDeSantaMarta #SantaMartaSabrewing! Este genial encuentro ocurrió mientras Yurgen Vega, investigador local, buscaba loros con @ParrotTrust, @ProCATColombia y SELVA (1/5).