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The Bird That Sparked a Conservation Revolution

In 1997, American ornithologist Robert Ridgely was exploring the tropical montane forests of the Andes in southeastern Ecuador when he stumbled on something extraordinary: a bird species no scientist had ever documented. Local farmers already knew it well — they called it “jocotoco,” a name that mimicked its loud, distinctive bark of a call. Two …

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