Did I Just Discover a New Species in Cambodia?

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:39 pm

I'm not a bird watcher, but when a bird with a red Mohawk shows up in my window, I got a little curious. At first I thought it was the last of the Mohicans.

It was all black, small, and has a read Mohawk down it's back.

Here he is. What is it?

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:45 pm

Red-crested Mystery Bird.

Post by **Username Taken** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:52 pm

Could it be a Cambodian Tailorbird? (Only discovered in 2009 in Phnom Penh).

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:12 pm

That's probably it. The one I saw looked a lot rougher (feathers seemed all mangy). Also has the red Mohawk down his whole back.

I'm not ready to give up finding and naming a new species just yet, LoL..