New species of babbler bird discovered in China
January 29, 2009 By MICHAEL CASEY , AP Environmental Writer(AP) -- A new species of the fist-sized babbler bird has been found in a network of underground caves in southwestern China, raising the prospect the country could become a hot spot for other new discoveries, a conservation group said Thursday.
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