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Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope

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Once lost, now found: Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025, offering hope
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Five “missing” bird species — not seen, heard or documented in the wild for a decade or more — were “found” in 2025, according to the 2026 annual update to the Lost Birds List. It’s a tally of species that haven’t been photographed, recorded or their genetic footprint detected for more than a decade. Another extraordinary rediscovery came earlier this year: A bird “missing” for 94 years was documented in Chad. With the new changes, the overall number of “lost” birds, as defined in a 2022 study,

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