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  • The recently rediscovered recurve-billed bushbird has been photographed by conservationists in Colombia.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • (07 / 06 / 2007) Scientists have captured the first pictures of one of the world's rarest birds: the recurve-billed bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii), a species found exclusively in bamboo forests of northeastern Colombia.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • (07 / 06 / 2007) Scientists have captured the first pictures of one of the world's rarest birds: the recurve-billed bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii), a species found exclusively in bamboo forests of northeastern Colombia.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

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  • The Recurve-Billed Bushbird, also known as the "Smiling Bird" because of its upturned bill, was recently rediscovered in South America after it was believed for 40 years to have become extinct. :-)

    Here's a look.

    September 26, 2007