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August 18, 2008—A fiery throated bird spotted in the jungles of Gabon several years ago (and pictured above) is a new African forest robin species, DNA studies prove. DNA的研究证明数年前在加蓬树林里发现的喉部羽毛呈火焰色的鸟是一种新的非洲森林罗宾鸟。
The bird's distinguishing feature is its olive-colored backside, said John Gibbons, a spokesperson for the Smithsonian Institution, who noted that four other forest robin species have similar throat coloring.
该鸟与众不同的地方是它橄榄色的背部，John说，他是史密森研究所的发言人，他指出其他4种森林罗宾有相同的喉部颜色。
Smithsonian scientists noticed the bird—dubbed Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus or olive-backed forest thrush—while conducting the first ever biodiversity(生物多样性) assessment(评估) of an oil-rich area(盛产石油的地区) in southeastern Gabon.
史密森学会的科学家
The government of Gabon and Shell Gabon are partners(协助、参与) in the assessment, said Alfonso Alonso, director of the Smithsonian's biodiversity program in Gabon.
"What we want to do is to help [the goverbment and the oil company] integrate(整合) biodiversity knowledge into operations so the impact(影响) on the environment(环境) can be minimized(降到最小)," Alonso told National Geographic News.
Geneticists(遗传学家) at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., compared the newly identified bird's DNA to that of four known(已知) forest robins to establish the olive-backed forest robin as a separate species.
The findings(调查结果) appear in the current issue of the international science journal(杂志) Zootaxa.
The discovery of new animal species is rarer(较少见) these days than it used to be.
Brian Schmidt, the researcher who found the bird in Gabon, said in a press release that the discovery "is definitely a reminder that the world still holds surprises for us."
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