Mustached Bird Photographed for First Time, Then Promptly Killed

The first ever photographs of the elusive male moustached kingfisher were recently released by the American Museum of Natural History. They show a vibrant blue adult bird in apparent good health. There is a sad footnote to the images, however, because researchers elected to kill the endangered bird in order to further study it.
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