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That of course is the sound of the Himalayan forest thrush and that sound was a clue to field researchers

that they might have a new species of bird on their hands even though it was in the bush. You know what I mean. You see, the Himalayan

forest thrush looks a great deal like another well-known bird called the Alpine Thrush. They're both found in

northeastern India and nearby parts of China, but the Alpine

Thrush has a Raspi song compared with the more mellifluous Himalayan

forest thrush.

One of the researchers, Shashank Dalvia of India's National Center for Biological Sciences

and the Wildlife Conservation Society, like in the two different birds to Rod Stewart

versus Adele.

Further analysis, including of the bird's DNA,

confirmed that the song differences were indicative of these birds indeed belonging to two separate species.

The finding is in the journal Avian Research. The discovery of a new bird species is relatively rare since the year 2000.

Ornithologists have found five new species annually on average, mostly in South America.

So this newly characterized thrush, only the fourth new species found in India since it became independent in 1947,

should send bird watchers from all over the world flocking.

I mean, it's a sound discovery.

Thanks for the minute for Scientific Americans 60 Second Science I I'm Steve Merski.