Native vegetation blocks the birds’ ability to see approaching predators Anthony Ham - Freelance writer A female (left) and male (right) golden-shouldered parrot J.J. Harrison via Wikimedia Commons ...

An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope. By Anthony Ham There had been no confirmed sightings of a live ...

In arid inland Australia lives one of Australia's rarest birds: the night parrot. Missing for more than a century, a live population was rediscovered in 2013. But the species remains elusive. Until ...

New evidence gathered between 2020 and 2023 has revealed a small but stable population of the birds within Ngururrpa Country, a remote desert region in Western Australia. Combining Indigenous ...

After decades of near-mythical status, the night parrot has been rediscovered in Western Australia's Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area. Indigenous rangers and scientists, using acoustic recorders, ...

Critically endangered swift parrots are threatened by ongoing deforestation in the Australian state of Tasmania, with recent estimates suggesting there may be fewer than 300 left in the wild. Under ...

In the vast, arid landscapes of South Australia’s northeast, on the lands of the Adnyamathanha and Wilyakali, a surprising discovery is changing our understanding of one of Australia’s most endangered ...

New research has found that habitat loss is a major concern for hundreds of Australian bird species, and south-eastern Australia has been the worst affected. Scientists found that half of all native ...

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Australia has become the ninth country to launch our Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) at the Australasian ...