New Indonesian Flycatcher Species Confirmed, 15 Years After First Spotted

An international team of researchers confirmed that an Indonesian flycatcher first observed by birdwatchers in the 1990s is, in fact, a species previously unknown to science. An elusive bird first spotted on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi 15 years ago now has an official name: the Sulawesi streaked flycatcher (Muscicapa sodhii).Read more about the discovery on Nat Geo's Weird & Wild blog: New Bird Species Confirmed in Indonesia, 15 Years After First Sighting.