A rare bird saved by a monk

Full Story: Smithsonian Magazine

The Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi) is one of the least-known birds on the planet. But it has largely been obscured from the rest of the bird family as it has its bode in the remotes and very high mountains - generally inaccessible by man. Recently a Tibetan Monk and a self-taught conservation biologist found a Tibetan bunting on a mountain slope 14,000 feet above sea level.

Read full story for details on Tibetan bunting's discovery and its  habitat which is confined to Tibetan plateau only.

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