By Naina Rao For decades, the research community thought that the small, olive-green songbirds found on two Japanese islands ...

For decades, birdwatchers in Japan thought they were looking at the same little green songbird flitting through mountain forests on two far‑flung island chains. It took high‑tech DNA tests and careful ...

A previously unknown species of leaf warbler has been discovered in Japan. The Ijima’s Leaf Warbler has proven to be two different species, not just one. Every year, a few new bird species are ...

With the new changes, the overall number of “lost” birds, as defined in a 2022 study, dropped to 120 from the 163 listed when ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the Tokara Leaf Warbler was characterized as its own species, it was believed to be similar to the Ijima’s Leaf Warbler.

Birders in 2025 rediscovered five species of birds that scientists hadn’t documented in the wild for at least 10 years, according to the latest update of the Lost Birds List. All of the “found” birds ...

The newly recognized Tokara Leaf Warbler is first bird species formally named from Japan in over 40 years. DNA and song analyses revealed it is distinct from Iijima’s Leaf Warbler. The species ...