For the first time since the 1850s, a black-browed babbler was spotted in Borneo

After 170 years, the black-browed babbler reappeared in a Borneo forest, leaving ornithologists stunned -- and delighted. The first and only known specimen of the black-browed babbler was collected in Indonesia in the 1850s. Because it was wrongly labeled as being from Java instead of Borneo, people searching for more black-browed babblers couldn't find any. The error was eventually corrected, but still, no one was able to find the bird. In 2016, the bird-watching group BW Galeatus was establish...