New Species: Brand new bird

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A Smithsonian Institution team of researchers have found a new bird species by accident in the jungles of Gabon, a small country in Africa. The team visited the forests as part of a biodiversity project and finding undiscovered birds was definitely not part of it. They have named the little bird, the Olive Backed Forest Robin, and specify that the males have a fiery orange throat and breast, a yellow belly and an olive back with black feathers on his head. Vibrant would be an understatement for him!As the Smithsonian ornithologist Brian Schmidt said, it is a reminder "that the world still holds surprises for us."