[NAEP] New Finch named after lost people

dawn at nativeaccess.com dawn at nativeaccess.com
Thu Oct 12 09:38:08 EDT 2006


A multicolored bird with reddish-brown and black eyes has been discovered
as a new species in a Colombian cloud forest accessible only by
helicopter, scientists say. It has been named the Yariguies Brush-Finch.

Sevral hundred years ago, the  Yariguies people inhabited the region of
Colombia in which the bird is found.

CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/10/11/colombia.bird.reut/index.html



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