Irish zoologists discover new species of sunbirds 

'This new sunbird serves to remind us that biodiversity is everywhere. This bird wasn't found in a remote rainforest, but along the scrubby margins of busy towns and villages'

Wakatobi sunbird — male and female (Cinnyris infrenatus) discovered by Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin. All pictures: David Kelly and Nicola Marples, Trinity College Dublin

Irish zoologists have found several new species of colourful, tropical sunbirds. 

The new species identified by the Trinity College Dublin zoologists, who worked with a research team in Indonesia, is the Wakatobi Sunbird (Cinnyris infrenatus). It lives on the tiny Wakatobi Islands in central Indonesia.