Gallery: Amazonian Treasure Trove Yields 15 New Bird Species

  • Arapacu de bico torto
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    *Arapaçu-de-bico-torto*, which loosely translates to crooked-beaked woodcreeper. This bird most closely resembles a Curve-Billed Scythebill (*Campylorhamphus procurvoides*), said Tom Schulenberg, an expert in neotropical birds and Peruvian species, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. *Photo: Vitor de Q. Piacentini*
  • Rapazinho estriado do oeste
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    *Rapazinho-estriado-do-oeste*, a new member of the Bucconidae family. We're not sure which this bird looks more like: [David Bowie circa 1973](http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/david-bowie-is/about-the-exhibition/), or a muppet. *Photo: Vitor de Q. Piacentini*
  • Chorozinho do aripuana
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    The *Chorozinho-do-aripuanã*, a small, bluish bird, resembles the Black-capped Antwren (*Herpsilochmus atricapillus*), said ornithologist Tom Schulenberg. *Photo: Fabio Schunck*
  • Gralha cluciano
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    *Can-can-da-campina*, a bird endangered by habitat loss that belongs to the *Cyanocorax* genus, and is most closely related to crows. It resembles the Azure-naped Jay (*Cyanocorax heilprini*), said ornithologist Tom Schulenberg. *Photo: Luciano Moreira Lima*
  • Bico chato do sucunduri
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    *Bico-chato-do-sucunduri*, the flat-beaked (or flat-nozzle, according to Google translate) sucunduri. It appears most similar to the Yellow-margined Flycatcher (*Tolmomyias assimilis*), said ornithologist Tom Schulenberg. *Photo: Fabio Schunck*
  • Poiaeiro de chicomendes
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    *Poiaeiro-de-chicomendes*, a small, greenish bird, most closely resembles the Mishana Tyrannulet (*Zimmerius villarejoi*), said ornithologist Tom Schulenberg. *Photo: Fabio Schunck*
  • Rapazinho estriado do oeste
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    The muppet-Bowie bird most closely resembles the Striolated Puffbird (*Nystalus striolatus*), said ornithologist Tom Schulenberg. It's in the Piciform order, and is the only one of the new species that doesn't belong to Passeriformes. *Photo: Fabio Schunck*
  • Gralha cluciano
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    Another view of the crow-like bird, which lives in the boundary between field and forest. Scientists are worried the bird's habitat is disappearing too quickly for it to survive. *Photo: Luciano Moreira Lima*
  • Rapazinho estriado do oeste
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    The muppet-Bowie bird is a new member of the Bucconidae family, which nest in holes -- either in the ground, or in a termite mound. *Photo: Vitor de Q. Piacentini*
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