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WA parrot 28's numerical name may have links to French explorers

You'd know if you heard the sound of the Western Australian parrot known as the 28. Here's how it got its name.

ABC News

Seagulls are declining in birdwatching surveys — have we hit 'peak gull' or are they hiding in plain sight?

Numbers of super smart seagulls are declining in Australia's largest citizen science project but researchers aren't sure if we've hit "peak gull" or the birds are outsmarting the survey.

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Toondah Harbour: should a wetland home to endangered birds become $1.3bn worth of shops, high-rises and a marina?

A Queensland controversy has been building for eight years and will soon be in the hands of Tanya Plibersek

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Australia’s coronation gift to King Charles is $10,000 donation for WA endangered parrot

PM says he is pleased to contribute to Friends of the Western Ground Parrot as the king ‘has long championed conservation’

The Guardian - AU

Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don't know what works best to bring them back

Australia’s woodland birds include colourful parrots, flitting honeyeaters, bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming “little brown birds”. Some, such as willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens. Others, such as swift parrots and regent honeyeaters, are exceptional rarities for which bird enthusiasts spend days or weeks…

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WTF: Nine More Australian Birds Have Been Added To The Threatened Species List And We’re So Fucked

"It's going to get worse before it gets better."

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The listing of more Australian bird species as ‘threatened’ is alarming – but also cause for hope

They say the first step to recovery is recognising you have a problem; so it is with preserving our precious wildlife

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Can a ‘nature repair market’ really save Australia’s environment? It’s not perfect, but it’s worth a shot

Australia has embarked on an experiment to create a market for biodiversity. No, we’re not talking about buying and selling wildlife, although, sadly, there is a black market for that. This is about repairing and restoring landscapes, providing habitat for threatened species and getting business and philanthropy to help pay…

The Conversation

Birds' return signals end of big wet

Topics: Waterbirds back on the coast and a regent honeyeater spotted.

Newcastle Herald

Captive-bred endangered regent honeyeater spotted in Hunter Valley backyard

The small native bird, one of an estimated 300 left in the wild, has surfaced after being released as part of a breeding program.

ABC News

Rains boost migratory, local shorebirds in SA, including rare species

Bird enthusiasts in South Australia are delighted to see a boost in numbers of migratory species and local shorebirds after 18 months of wetter conditions.

ABC News

Superb fairywrens more likely to help family members in distress than strangers, like humans

Beloved Australian songbird will risk life and limb for its breeding group but ignore cries for help from unfamiliar birds, scientists say

The Guardian - AU

Unusual sightings of ‘devil bird’ across Melbourne raise migration mysteries for researchers

Increase in reports of the koel and its loud mating call south of its usual territory may be attributable to climate change, scientists say

The Guardian - AU

Birdlife Australia working with Aboriginal land council to return mistletoe to burnt woodlands

Arborists are manually planting mistletoe seeds in the treetops of burnt NSW woodlands in a bid to provide crucial food, shelter and nest sites for the critically-endangered regent honeyeater.

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Newcastle Herald

Songbirds find their voice in the Lower Hunter

Fifty conservation-bred regent honeyeaters have been released into the Lower Hunter as part of a project to boost the wild population of one of Australia's rarest birds.

AAP

Release of rare honeyeaters in NSW

Zoo-bred regent honeyeaters, one of Australia's rarest birds, are being released in NSW's Lower Hunter Valley to boost the wild population.

ABC News

Traditional owners, advocates say federal Threatened Species Action Plan will not stop central Australia extinctions

The Threatened Species Action Plan neglects almost all of central Australia, advocates say, and could spell disaster for the Lake Eyre Basin and its endangered wildlife.

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Birdwatchers prepare for Twitchathon to raise money for the gang-gang cockatoo

Teams of avid birders from across NSW and the ACT will race to record as many different bird species as possible in an event focused on saving a special species.

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‘A pop of colour in pretty grim times’: my (brief) life as a twitcher

During the annual Aussie Bird Count, ‘bird nerds’ and everyday bird lovers become citizen scientists carrying out vital research.

The New Daily

Penguins in the Murray? That’s cuckoo, but BirdLife’s population survey is anything but

Australians don't have to be eagle-eyed to spot all sorts of interesting bird life. But penguins in the river? Look in the backyard instead.

The Guardian - AU

Toondah Harbour developer says curlew numbers unlikely to be affected, as species already in decline

Opponents of proposed project in Ramsar-listed wetlands say developer’s impact statement is “fantasy”

The Guardian - AU

Do birders make good tourists? ‘In the 90s you’d get some deeply suspicious looks’

Birdwatchers can be eccentric visitors but a recent report found they spend big in regional Australia

The Guardian - AU

‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is ignored

Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears

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