The bird known as the predicted ant wren was indeed predicted: Genetic analysis of birds in the Western Amazon convinced biologists that an undescribed species of ant wren was living there, so they went looking. In 2013 they found it exactly where the data had anticipated, and the bird’s common name now records that prediction. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “How Genetic Analysis Predicted an Ant Wren, Giving the “Predicted Ant Wren” Its Name”
Here’s another great bird name, predicted ant wren.
I just love these.
Predicted ant wren.
So A N T W R E N?
Yes.
Ant wren.
Oh, wow.
So where does the predicted come from?
They calculated there was a gap in the, the phylum.
They found the bird there fell on the spot?
Yeah, pretty much.
Biologists did a genetic analysis of birds in the Western Amazon and predicted that there would probably be a new species of antran.
And darn if in 2013 they didn’t find one, hence the name predicted antran.
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