A shy bird found only in Nepal is waiting for the world to notice
via news.mongabay.com
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Nepal’s shrubby hillsides are home to a medium-sized bird with brownish upperparts, distinctive black streaks from the shafts of its feathers and, sometimes, a chalky white facial patch. It’s the spiny babbler (Turdoides nipalensis), a mysterious bird, recorded only in Nepal., In June, the bird made headlines with a sighting for the first time in […]