Animals Who Survived Extinction and Got Rediscovered

Published on January 28, 2018
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Red-Faced Liocichla

Can you believe that it took 178 years for this bird to appear again? Hikers traversing the mountains of Nepal happened across two of them and then the following day, another eight.

Red Faced Liocichla

Red-Faced Liocichla

New Zealand Storm Petrel

A group of bird watchers touring near the Mercury Islands spotted what they couldn’t believe to be real. What they saw was the “150-year extinct” New Zealand storm petrel. After they reported the incident in 2003, scientists were quick to shoot down the possibility of the bird being the extinct species, but soon they found it to be true.

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New Zealand Storm Petrel

New Zealand Storm Petrel