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Conservationists discover new sunbird species

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SEVERAL NEW SPECIES of sunbird have been identified in Indonesia by a team from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and Universitas Halu Oleo in Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Using new forms of evidence, including DNA, song recordings,).

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