RARE BIRD SPOTTED: The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was photographed with a remote camera trap set up by a research team on an island of Papua New Guinea.
An elusive bird has been photographed on an island of Papua New Guinea, the first documentation of the animal since 1882. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was photographed for the first time in 140 years with a remote camera trap set up by a research team conducting a search of lost birds., had been looking for the bird on Fergusson Island for a month, according to a press release.
The group set up 12 cameras on Mt. Kilkerran, Fergusson's highest mountain. It was the first camera trapping study conducted on the island, and was made difficult by the mountainous terrain. They also set up eight more cameras where hunters had reported seeing the bird in the past. After a hunter in a local village provided a lead on where to see the bird — in an area with steep ridges and valleys — the team set up cameras on a ridge at 3,200 feet. That is where the images of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon were captured.
"When we finally found the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, it was during the final hours of the expedition," said Doka Nason, who set up the camera trap that eventually photographed the lost bird."When I saw the photos, I was incredibly excited."
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