In a world-first, a team of specialised keepers at an Australian zoo have successfully bred one of the nation’s rarest birds. Fewer than 150 western ground parrots remain in the wild, and the race is ...

Regent honeyeaters learn their song within the first 100 days of life. Source: T Passila One Australia’s rarest birds, the Regent honeyeater, has undergone a concerning behavioural change. Common a ...

Rarity is a magnet,” writes ornithologist Aasheesh Pittie in The Search for India’s Rarest Birds, “for both charlatans and connoisseurs.” What makes a bird rare? Why do we covet the thing that is rare ...

One of the world's rarest birds may no longer be facing extinction, thanks to creative conservation efforts. One of the rarest birds in the world, the Wilkins' bunting, is a yellow finch endemic to ...

Birds are a wonderful part of the world around us, not only because of their impact on our own mental health and enjoyment but also because they contribute tirelessly to the ecosystems around them in ...

Australia’s Indigenous rangers have helped discover a previously unknown population of the night parrot – one of the rarest birds in the continent thought to have been extinct for over a century. A ...

Dr Ravi Sankaran is something of a legend in ecological circles, especially for his work on birds that are found in the most challenging landscapes that nobody bothered to study. But also because he ...

The World's Rarest initiative -- Introduction to the world's birds. Diversity and distribution ; Endemic bird areas ; Important bird areas ; Birds and humans -- The world's rarest birds. The ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos found an unexpected sanctuary among Hong Kong ’s towering skyscrapers, but like their human neighbors they now face trouble finding a ...

In Suffolk we are spoilt with a wide selection of parks and nature reserves, with some having the rarest and hardest to spot birds in the country. Some of the rarest birds are permanent residents in ...

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