PhD Candidate Chris MacColl has been unlocking the secrets of the elusive Red Goshawk in northern Queensland and across the Top End of Australia. First published 28 June 2021 by The Bird Emergency
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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
With its enormous taloned feet, rufous-striped body, powerful hooked bill and crested head, the Red Goshawk is nothing short of spectacular. This Australian endemic was once found throughout the tall eucalypt forests that stretch from New South Wales to Cape York, and across the Top End to the Kimberley. Although never a common species, its
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Witnessing a Red Goshawk come from nowhere in a hot tropical sky to nab an unsuspecting lorikeet or cockatoo is one of northern Australia’s most spectacular sights. But very little is known about this beautiful raptor’s life or movements. Stephen Debus and Chris MacColl investigate one of our rarest birds of prey and outline fascinating
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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
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A researcher says he has photographed two types of Asian swiftlets for the first time in Australia after they blew in on the winds of Tropical Cyclone Damien. University of Queensland bird researcher Nigel Jackett said he snapped the edible-nest swiftlet and the Himalayan swiftlet over Broome as the cyclone was strengthening off Western Australia’s
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
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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
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