A new kind of songbird with a bald face was recently discovered in Laos by biologists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of Melbourne. The bare-faced bulbul is the only bald songbird living in mainland Asia, inhabiting an irregular limestone terrain.

For more info:
Wildlife Conservation Society
NY Times Dot Earth Blog

Tags: bare-face bulbul, birds, laos, new species, songbirds

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