Night Parrot

An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope. Read more: Chasing the ‘Ghost Bird’ of Australia’a Outback First published 4 January 2022 by the New York Times

It could be Australia’s rarest bird and was only photographed for the first time within the past ten years, but new evidence collected by Indigenous rangers has uncovered the country’s largest known night parrot population. Read more: New recordings of critically endangered night parrots music to ears of Kimberley rangers, scientists – ABC News First published

Rangers in Western Australia’s remote northern salt lake country have found one of the world’s most elusive birds, which was once thought extinct. Read more: Night parrot located by KJ rangers on Martu country in the Pilbara – ABC News First published 21 August 2020 by ABC Pilbara

The Australian night parrot is one of the most elusive birds in the world. Sightings of the green nocturnal parrot represent the holy grail for birdwatchers. “All of the evidence points to there being only a handful of birds in a couple of locations scattered across the country,” University of Queensland ecologist Dr Steve Murphy

Ensuring one of Australia’s most high-profile threatened bird species does not disappear a second time is the mission of a University of Queensland researcher. Read more: Fellowship aims to protect threatened Australian night parrots – UQ News – The University of Queensland, Australia First published 29 March 2017 by the University of Queensland