Scarlet-banded Barbet on Xeno-Canto

On July 15, 1996, Dan Lane discovered a new species of bird in the summit of Pico Cinco Puntos in the Cordillera Azul, the Scarlet-banded Barbet. Listen to the exact moment of this stunning discovery:

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New Species of Antpitta from Colombia

UPDATE 6/25/2010: One month ago we published the description of this species in the middle of a controversy between ProAves and Mr. Caranton who discovered and collected the species. At that time we only had access to ProAves version since Mr Caranton had not yet published his description. Now we provide the other side of [...]