New bird species from Arunachal Pradesh added to list of avians in India
A team of scientists from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai while exploring the high-altitude coniferous forests of Arunachal Pradesh recently photographed a rare species of bird, which was identified as the ‘Three-banded Rosefinch’ after detailed observations.
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GUWAHATI: A team of scientists from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai while exploring the high-altitude coniferous forests of Arunachal Pradesh recently photographed a rare species of bird, which was identified as the Three-banded Rosefinch after detailed observations.
A press release issued by the BNHS has stated that this species is resident of Southern China and vagrant in Bhutan. Thus, this is the first confirmed report of the Three-banded Rosefinch from, Arunachal Pradesh, a new addition to the list of birds from India. The team recently published this finding in the journal