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From ABC News Australia comes a fantastic development in indigenous-led conservation, as rangers from the Kiwirrkurra traditional owners have recorded the calls of one of the world’s rarest birds, the night parrot.
There’s nothing better than a natural enigma to heighten or restore your sense of wonder of the natural world, and the night parrot is certainly under this category. A ground-dwelling bird that flies, it does all its calling in spinifex bushes after nightfall.
Feral cats and fires have reduced the available habitat of these animals, and they’re believed to be critically endangered. Now, a Kiwirrkurra ranger team in a remote area of the Gibson Desert in the central regions of the state of Western Australia has become the fifth such team to record their calls.
“It made me really excited that the night parrot still exists there, because it means we’re doing lots of good work,” Kiwirrkurra ranger coordinator Ed Blackwood told ABC. “If that’s there, it means lots of other animals can live and be happy in that same area.”
The calls are extremely valuable conservation data points, as they help define their current habitat areas. Once enough of these recordings have been taken, scientists studying the night parrot will be able to recommend specific spaces for conservation measures.
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There’s nothing better than a natural enigma to heighten or restore your sense of wonder of the natural world, and the night parrot is certainly under this category. A ground-dwelling bird that flies, it does all its calling in spinifex bushes after nightfall.
Feral cats and fires have reduced the available habitat of these animals, and they’re believed to be critically endangered. Now, a Kiwirrkurra ranger team in a remote area of the Gibson Desert in the central regions of the state of Western Australia has become the fifth such team to record their calls.
“It made me really excited that the night parrot still exists there, because it means we’re doing lots of good work,” Kiwirrkurra ranger coordinator Ed Blackwood told ABC. “If that’s there, it means lots of other animals can live and be happy in that same area.”
The calls are extremely valuable conservation data points, as they help define their current habitat areas. Once enough of these recordings have been taken, scientists studying the night parrot will be able to recommend specific spaces for conservation measures.
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Rare Nocturnal Parrot Described as ‘the Holy Grail of Ornithology’ Finally Recorded by Rangers in Remote Desert
The calls are extremely valuable conservation data points, as they help define their current habitat areas and inform conservation action.
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