NP: Newly Discovered Bird Named After Tribe That Committed Mass Suicide

Henry hmusikar at speakeasy.net
Mon Oct 9 21:32:44 CDT 2006


The bright yellow and red-crowned Yariguies brush-finch was named for the indigenous tribe that once inhabited the mountainous area where it was discovered and which committed mass suicide instead of submitting to Spanish colonial rule.

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