●  Recently Arunachal yields a potentially new songbird

● Six birdwatchers trekked to a peak in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district in search of the rare and elusive grey bellied wren babbler.

● They recorded a potentially new species of songbird they named after the Lisu, the local community.

● The grey bellied wren babbler is mostly found in Myanmar with some birds occurring in adjoining China and Thailand.

About

● The Grey-bellied wren-babbler (Spelaeornis reptatus) is a bird species in the family Timaliidae.

● Found in: It is found in China (Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Myanmar, and Thailand.

● Habitat: Its natural habitat is a subtropical moist montane forest.

● IUCN Status: Least Concern.

Lisu people

● The Lisu people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group who inhabit mountainous

regions of Myanmar (Burma), southwest China, Thailand, and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.