Rediscovery in South America
YET ANOTHER rediscovery from the rainforests of South America, emphasises just how little we know
about the world’s disappearing wildlife. Kaempfer’s Tody-tyrant Idioptilon kaempfen is one of the least known of the world’s birds, having been described from just a single specimen in 1929. Three searches in the same locality in 1987 failed to find the bird. Last year Mark Pearman rediscovered the species in humid lowland forest in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, less than one kilometre from where the original specimen was taken. The immediate forest where the bird was found 1s owned by the regional electrical company and thus has some degree of protection. The lower slopes of the mountains are secondary growth but, in general, the forest appeared in good condition. Logging trucks were noted in the nearby town of Villa Nova, however, and the area is clearly a potential forestry target.
Source: International Council for Bird Preservation
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Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 6
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155Rediscovery in South America Forest and Bird, Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Page 6
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