#predicted Antwren

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Predicted Antwren (Herpsilochmus praedictus) © Ramiro Dário Melinsk

It hatches from big, black, bold, humid, male, rusty, similar, soft, and white eggs.

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[great-and-small]

Obsessed with the ornithologist (Mario Cohn-Haft) who heard a birdsong he didn’t recognize in 1988, predicted that the song was made by a new species of bird, and then spent the next 25 years looking for it before finally discovering evidence for the previously undescribed species in 2013. I’m pretty sure this excerpt from the paper is academia speak for “FUCK yeah I totally called it I knew this bird was out there”

The man did one of the most badass things you can do in biology and predicted the discovery of an animal species (which I like to call “pulling a Darwin’s Hawkmoth”) and he has every right to flex by naming his new species the Predicted Antwren! Look how cute this elusive little creature is

(Photo by Hector Battai)

[zoonomatology]

PREDICTED ANTWREN (Herpsilochmus praedictus)

Ramirez, E. 2016. Beruri, Brazil

I know what you’re going to say, but the name predicted antwren actually makes a lot more sense than you think. In 1988, an unidentified species of antbird was observed in the Urucu River basin, Amazonas, Brazil. The bird appeared to be a spot-backed antwren (Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus), but as the species' known range did not extend to the area, another Herpsilochmus as yet undescribed was thought to be present. And lo, in 1999, the bird was sighted again nearby and later described as a congener to the spot-backed. The mystery was solved, but whether they had no better name ideas or just wanted to preserve their gotcha! moment for posterity, we may never know.

[allthedamnbirds]

Predicted Antwren Herpsilochmus praedictus #390

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[torley]

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