PAC: 'Lost' sea bird species rediscovered after eight decades

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 7, 2008 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
03-07-2008
PAC: 'Lost' sea bird species rediscovered after eight decades

A rare sea bird .. thought to have been extinct and not sighted since the 1920s ..

has been rediscovered by a British expedition in waters off Papua New Guinea.

The critically endangered Beck's petrel was re-discovered ...

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