Monday, February 12, 2007

New Australian parrot a fake?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, that's one reason why a new species NEEDS to be described with a type specimen. Not that I want to open up a discussion about collecting.

Anonymous said...

Well, that's one reason why a new species NEEDS to be described with a type specimen.

A less lethal method is capturing a bird if reasonably possible, though that might be very tough with an intelligent parrot. Then a whole series of photos, video, and even feather and blood can be collected, yield DNA evidence.

Unfortunately, fakes are much easier in the days of digital photography and PhotoShop.