FOUND! 🔍 New Guinea's Mayr's Forest Rail has been rediscovered! After being lost to science for 18 years, this elusive ground-dwelling bird has been photographed. 📸 Researchers with Expedition Cyclops deployed 73 remote camera traps across the Cyclops Mountains—one of New Guinea's most remote and least-explored landscapes—and sifted through thousands of images before capturing the first photograph of the species in nearly two decades. While using remote cameras to look for these ground-loving birds, the team also documented the Masked Bowerbird and Northern Cassowary in new ranges unknown to scientists. The expedition team published their findings and camera trap images in the open-access journal Birds. This rediscovery was made possible through a collaboration between yappenda_papua, BRIN, Papua BBKSDA, Universitas Cenderawasih, Universitas Papua, BRIDA, EcoNusa, University of Oxford, and Kew Gardens, working alongside Indigenous Papuan communities. Their knowledge, stewardship, ...