FfFfFfFF 58,120 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Nearly 200 endangered orange-bellied parrots have begun their annual migration from Tasmania to the Australian mainland, the largest number to make the trip since monitoring started in the early 1990s. Researchers working on Tasmania’s orange-bellied parrot program said 192 birds were counted at the end of the breeding season in Melaleuca in the state’s south-west and several had made it to the mainland. It is more good news for one of the world’s most endangered parrots whose numbers dropped to just 17 five years ago. Dejan Stojanovic, a researcher with the Australian National University who also works with the orange-bellied parrot breeding program, said the small population size had been the biggest threat to the bird for several years. “The best thing we can do to help the species is to make conditions suitable for their numbers to grow,” he said. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/22/orange-bellied-parrots-leave-tasmania-in-biggest-ever-numbers-for-annual-migration Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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