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Search for the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon
In September 2022, I led a research expedition in Papua New Guinea to search for the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon, a bird species not seen by scientists for over 125 years.
Our project was part of the American Bird Conservancy's Lost Bird Initiative, whose goal is to find missing bird species around the world.
Local people knew about the species all along, and we worked together to capture the first video and photos of the bird.
Its name is Auwo.
Overjoyed. Shocked. Seeing the the first-ever camera trap images of Auwo.
Our story of auwo reached hundreds of millions of people, appearing in 417 news stories in 44 countries and dozens of languages.
Our images of the Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon and the discovery video of Doka Nason went viral across social media platforms like Tiktok and Instagram.
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