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

26 Apr 2023
Swift parrot in a tree
Critically endangered swift parrot, Bruny Island, Tasmania. Image: Barry Baker

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 searching.

There are other woodland birds you might never have noticed, such as pardalotes, thornbills, treecreepers, gerygones and nightjars. Forty woodland bird species are listed as threatened and several others are declining.

And just this month another six woodland birds were added to the national threatened list.

Read the full story via The Conversation

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