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Indonesian parrot, seen once in a century, reappears in mountain forest

Indonesian parrot, seen once in a century, reappears in mountain forest June 3 : For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a 2014 photographic record and a handful of museum specimens, with a lingering hope that it had not vanished. After days of climbing through sharp limestone, biting insects and difficult mountain terrain, a flash of green feathers high on Buru's highest peak showed that this dazzlingly colourful parrot was...