# @rewild on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbYJogSCnNn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68437628-rewild-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-29T13:01:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Re:wild (@rewild) — https://gondola.cc/rewild

## Caption

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, and commitment to protecting these forests were fundamental to the expedition's success.

This expedition also provided opportunities for young Papuan scientists and conservationists to gain experience in field research, biodiversity monitoring, and international scientific collaboration, investing in the next generation of Indigenous conservation leaders.

New Guinea is home to the richest bird life of any island on Earth. Yet many of its mountains have yet to be surveyed by researchers. All is not lost, many more discoveries may still be waiting for us!

The Search for Lost Birds is celebrating the rediscovery made by Expedition Cyclops! The 2023 expedition included yappenda_papua, BRIN, Papua BBKSDA, Universitas Cenderawasih, Universitas Papua, BRIDA, EcoNusa, University of Oxford, Kew Gardens and Indigenous community members in Papua New Guinea.

The Search for Lost Birds is a global partnership of rewild, americanbirdconservancy, and birdlife.international and is part of the broader Search for Lost Birds.

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lostspecies, searchforlostbirds, birdconservation, conservationhope, lostbirds

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