Birds do not fly in the Philippines

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Reuteurs news agency in Johannesburgh South Africa reported August 17: According to the conservation group of the International Bird Organization, scientists have discovered an unknown bird flying on a remote island in the Philippine Islands. .

The search for this rare species of bird is very impressive because birds do not fly on small islands especially easily extinct due to human activities . Many species of organisms living on the island classified by science have become extinct long before biologists excavated their skeletons. The International Bird Organization intends to name this new bird, Calayan Water Chicken with the scientific name Gallirallus calayanensis.

The new bird is the size of a crow found on the island of Calayan north of the Philippine Islands, 40 miles from the coast.

" The Calayan waterfowl is a relative of the familiar red grouse around the world, with bright red beaks and legs contrasting with the black fur ' International Bird Organization says .' But unlike his familiar cousin, the Calayan waterfowl does not fly or close, and is found on an island only after it has been named. ' Every year, there are 1 or 2 species. New birds were discovered, but the flightless nature of the chickens from this country and the unexplored location made them particularly interesting. 'This chicken is an exception because they cannot fly and an ornithologist. Whichever island has been found since 1903 ' Dr. Richard Thomas answered Reuteurs's phone from Birdlife International's headquarters in the UK.

Genevieve Broad, a biologist and one of the leading Filipino-British expedition, said that isolation protected the precious birds from human encroachment. According to her: ' The island has an area of ​​186 km2 (72 square miles) and only 8 500 residents live in the south. Only a few people live in the middle of the island (where precious birds are found) because there are no roads here. '

Isolation has led to the disastrous past of flying birds . Many non-evolving birds in distant islands without data have become what biologists call ecologically 'silly' - that is, they are incapable of identifying danger. danger of other animals. So when people first set foot on small islands in the past, they found that flying birds are an easy-to-exploit protein source and have killed all birds that do not fly. The dodo bird of the Indian island of Maritus is the most famous example.

Most of the 22 species of water chickens that have become extinct since 1600 are all flightless birds. 18 out of 20 species of birds that do not fly currently exist are considered threatened.

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