There's been a ripple of excitement — and hope — in the Australian birdwatching world after recent sightings of the critically endangered regent honeyeater and swift parrot in northern coastal regions ...
The wild population of one of Australia's rarest birds is being boosted this week with the release of 50 zoo-bred regent honeyeaters in the Lower Hunter Valley.
Regent honeyeaters are a striking bird, but there are only about 300 left in the wild and efforts are continuing to save the species from extinction. Nearly 60 captive-bred regent honeyeaters have ...