Afghanistan Protects Large-Billed Reed Warbler, Newly Rediscovered ...

The remote Pamir Mountains are the only known breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler, a species so elusive that it had been documented only twice before in more than a century. ... The large-billed reed warbler was first documented in India in 1867 but wasn't found again until 2006 â€" with a single bird in Thailand. The Pamir Mountains, in the sparsely populated Badakhshan province near China, is now home to the world's only known large population of the bird. ...