Solomon Islands Frogmouth Polioptila clementsi NOT YET EVALUATED Originally, the bird was misclassified as a subspecies of the Australian Marbled Frogmouth, Podargus ocellatus. The blunder went undetected for decades, until a collecting trip led by Kratter in 1998 turned up a specimen on Isabel, a 1,500-square-mile island in the Solomons. The Solomon Islands Frogmouth differs […]
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Bougainville Bush warbler discovered in 2006
Bougainville Bush-warbler Polioptila clementsi NEAR THREATENED Cettia haddeni is endemic to the island of Bougainville, Paupa New Guinea. It has only recently been described, although its existence has long been known to local inhabitants. Since 1972, ornithologists have been aware of its presence, but only through voice. Years of civil war prevented fieldwork in the […]
Iquitos Gnatcatcher discovered in 2005
Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi CRITICALLY ENDANGERED A typical gnatcatcher. Largely pale grey with a thin black bill, black eye with a conspicuous broken white eyering, black legs and white corners to the tail. Has a uniformly grey throat and chest, with a white belly, undertail coverts and undertail. Males lack any black on the head, […]