The bird was known to only a dozen before the discovery. Now researchers, who work in the Western Cordillera of Colombia 75 miles from their natural habitat, have found 70 to 80 of the birds are very rare.
The expedition was partially funded by the American Bird Conservancy. Baudolino Oropenduala listed endangered according to the criteria of IUCN-World Conservation Union.
Bird species was mostly black with brown wings, gray and yellow long tail. The bird has pink cheeks part that sets it apart from similar birds.
Gregarious birds that eat large insects and fruits. The bird is very vocal and producing various kinds of songs.
Unfortunately, two colonies of birds that are in areas not protected, where deforestation continues to rise, according to the inventors
Colombian conservation group, Fundacion ProAves found two colonies of one of the rarest birds in the world, Oropenduala Baudo (Psarocolius Cassini
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