A species rediscovered, now lost.

This is the sorry tale of the iconic Gurneys Pitta in Thailand, going from its rediscovery after being apparently extinct, to being for all intents extinct again, in just 28 years. Its demise is entirely due to human activity and inept conservation measures. http://www.siamsociety.org/pub_NHB_articles/NHBSS_060_1c_Round_GurneysPitta.pdf It is thought that there is a reasonable population of Gurneys in Myanmar, but they are also under threat from human activity. For me the plight of Gurneys Pitta is very sad, as it was the first species of Pitta I had seen. The plight of Gurneys Pitta carries a warning for similar rarities in Australia, such as the Night Parrot. Carl Clifford