Animals And Birds That Had Disappeared For Decades But Have Now Come Back

Flightless bird Takahe, Przewalski’s Horse, Butterfly Xerces Blue all of them have one thing in common. They had gone extinct, but now they are back. Missing for hundreds and thousands of years. These animals and birds have now come back from the dead.

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Flightless bird Takahe, Przewalski’s Horse, Butterfly Xerces Blue

All of them have one thing in common.

They had gone extinct, but now they are back.
Missing for hundreds and thousands of years
These animals and birds have now come back from the dead.
Several species that were declared distinct have made a comeback.
Flightless bird Takahe Found after a century
The large flightless bird named Takahe was thought to be extinct decades ago
Has made a comeback to the forests of New Zealand's South Island.
Takahe is a flightless bird that grows up to the size of a large hen.
The birds breed once a year and raise one to two chicks.
They can live up to 18 years in the wild and 22 years in sanctuaries.
They eat starchy leaves and seeds.

Butterfly Species 'Xerces Blue' Found After 80 Years
This species of butterfly went extinct about 80 years ago, in 1941.

In January 2022, two entomologists in Madhya Pradesh spotted them again.

Once the butterflies were spotted at multiple locations,

They were carefully collected and then preserved.

Golden Shieldtail Spotted After A Gap Of 142 Years

This one was sighted in October 2022.

In Kerala, a team of researchers from different organisations

Rediscovered a rare snake with the help of the state's forest department in Wayanad.


Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Found after 140 years


For more than a century, the species was thought to be lost.

Possibly extinct until a survey team of indigenous Papua New Guineans and

US researchers heard rumours from locals.

In September 2022, they found what they were looking for.

Clam Presumed Extinct For 40,000 Years Found Alive

Known as Cymatioa cooki, the clam had only ever been found as a fossil,

and scientists presumed it had been extinct for more than 40,000 years.

In 2018, a marine ecologist in California spotted something unfamiliar and

managed to capture a live specimen the next year.

After research, it was finally declared to have been found in November 2022.
White-bellied Whipbird Found After 40 Years
An endangered bird has been rediscovered in northwest Victorian
wilderness 40 years after it was presumed extinct in the state.
The bird was found in Australia on November 12, 2022

Prewalski’s Horse Found After 40 Years
The endangered species went extinct in the wild in the 1980s
Known as ‘The Last Wild Horse,' their population
has rebounded on the dusty steppes of Mongolia.
The stocky, scrubby horses are finally returning to the wild.



The return of these prehistoric creatures to the wild



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