New bird species discovered in forests of Madagascar

In a recent issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa, researchers from Madagascar and the United States described a new species of forest-dwelling rail. The new bird was named Mentocrex beankaensis, with the genus Mentocrex being endemic to Madagascar and the new species beankaensis being coined after the locality type, the Beanka Forest in western central [...]

08 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily