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‘Extinct’ Bird Found in Peru

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Hernando de Macedo-Ruiz
Hernando de Macedo-Ruiz
Affiliation:
Head, Dept. of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Museo de Historia Natural ‘Javier Prado’, Apartado 1109, Lima, Peru.
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Abstract

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The author was one of the first people to see the white-winged guan Penelope albipennis, an endemic Peruvian bird thought to be extinct, after its rediscovery in September 1977. It is believed now that a few hundred of the birds may survive, and if protected could become a viable population. But some are taken for food, and it is urgent to create a sanctuary for them. The author is Head of the Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy in the Natural History Museum in Lima.

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Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , June 1979 , pp. 33 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1979

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