They spotted the bird walking on the forest
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:22 am
After a hunter in a local village provided a lead on where to see the bird — in an area with steep ridges and valleys — the team set up cameras on a ridge at 3,200 feet. That is where the images of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon were captured.
floor – just two days before the team was scheduled to leave.
“When we finally found the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, it was during the final hours of the expedition,” said Doka Nason, who set up the camera trap that eventually photographed the lost bird. “When I saw the photos, I was incredibly excited.”
Very little is known about the species, but its population in Fergusson is believed to be small and decreasing. The bird has a “broad and laterally compressed tail, which along with its size, makes it closely buy phone number list resemble a pheasant,” according to the press release.
There have been several previous attempts to find the bird, including a two-week survey in 2019, which helped inform this search.
The team says the bird is likely extremely rare and the rugged and inaccessible forest where they found it “could be the last stronghold for the black-naped pheasant-pigeon on Fergusson.”
The black-naped pheasant-pigeon is considered critically endangered, according to BirdLife International. It is considered native only to Fergusson Island, which is part of the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago off eastern Papua New Guinea. Only two specimens have been previously studied – in 1882.
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floor – just two days before the team was scheduled to leave.
“When we finally found the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, it was during the final hours of the expedition,” said Doka Nason, who set up the camera trap that eventually photographed the lost bird. “When I saw the photos, I was incredibly excited.”
Very little is known about the species, but its population in Fergusson is believed to be small and decreasing. The bird has a “broad and laterally compressed tail, which along with its size, makes it closely buy phone number list resemble a pheasant,” according to the press release.
There have been several previous attempts to find the bird, including a two-week survey in 2019, which helped inform this search.
The team says the bird is likely extremely rare and the rugged and inaccessible forest where they found it “could be the last stronghold for the black-naped pheasant-pigeon on Fergusson.”
The black-naped pheasant-pigeon is considered critically endangered, according to BirdLife International. It is considered native only to Fergusson Island, which is part of the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago off eastern Papua New Guinea. Only two specimens have been previously studied – in 1882.
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