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(5/5) Read more about some of the past rediscoveries and why keeping track of lost species is so important from @nytimes

(4/5) The #SearchforLostBirds, a collab between Re:wild, @ABCbirds & @BirdLife_News, identifies bird species lost to science, mounts expeditions to find them & tracks rediscoveries around the world.

(3/5) The East Melanesian Islands are a biodiversity hotspot and, following the rediscovery of the triller, are home to 15 lost birds, making the area 1 of the 3 highest priority regions in the world for lost birds.

(2/5) This striking black-and-white bird with a chestnut-colored chest, native to Mussau Island, was rediscovered by birding enthusiasts on a tour with Ornis Birding Expeditions. They captured the first-ever photos of the species! 📸🌿

(1/5) Trilled to be back! 🐦‍⬛🎶 The Mussau Triller, undocumented since 1979 has been rediscovered in Papua New Guinea >>> #lostbirds #lostspecies.

📏 Rediscovered in Madagascar's Makira National Park: a giant millipede lost since 1897! 20 other species found in 2023 #SearchforLostSpecies. Learn more: #ConservationOptimism #ReversetheRed.

RT @ABCbirds: 🎉 A 2023 expedition to Makira, the largest and most intact forest in Madagascar, found 21 species previously lost to science.….

(5/5) The expedition included team members from Antananarivo University, @abcbirds, @peregrinefund, @TheWCS & BINCO, and was 🌳 supported by RIDGES Foundation. #ConservationOptimism #ReversetheRed.

(4/5) The team also found 5 jumping spiders that were lost to science & 1 completely new zebra spider species to science. Before the expedition, zebra spiders were not thought to live in rainforests in Madagascar. 📸: @johnmittermeier

(3/5) Local guides with the team hiked for days and interviewed local fisherman to find three species of lost fish, including the Makira Rainbow Fish.

(2/5) 🕷️ Makira, Madagascar's largest forest, hosts unique species like this giant millipede last documented in 1897! Conservationists & local guides searched for mammals, fish, insects, spiders & birds.

(1/5) 🦎 21 lost species rediscovered in Makira Natural Park in Madagascar during a first-of-its-kind expedition by the #SearchforLostSpecies!

(3/3) Unconfirmed sightings have left birders and international conservation organizations hopeful that the Pink-headed Duck may still be out there in Myanmar’s dense, largely inaccessible elephant grasslands, swamps and floodplains.

(2/3) The search hasn't been an easy one, by any means. But Thorns and his collaborator Way Lin are not giving up. They have had to come up with creative ideas to search remote & inaccessible wetlands in Myanmar—including sending camera traps down stream on floating platforms.

🧵 (1/3) Richard Thorns has been searching for a duck with a head of bubblegum pink feathers for nearly 20 years. But the latest expedition brought some disappointing news. Regional gold mining had destroyed one of the key survey sites for the Pink-headed Duck.

(3/3) Read more about the types of tactics and destruction communities have been experiencing. #SavetheOkavango

(2/3) Local communities have appealed to Namibia's Minister of the Environment & Tourism to revoke ReconAfrica's drilling permit, but after 2 years the minister still hasn't issued a ruling in the case. They are asking for people around the world to help

(1/3) For 4 years local communities, activists and civil society orgs in Namibia have been fighting oil exploration in the country's Kavango regions. A recent complaint to @CORE_ombuds from @UofTLaw Int'l Human Rights Program & @SOUL_Okavango outlines alleged human rights abuses

Keep those eagle eyes peeled! Citizen scientists, birders, conservationists and local communities helped the #SearchforLostBirds determine which bird species are lost to science. Learn about how @ABCbirds, @BirdLife_News & Re:wild are looking for lost birds.