One of Australia's most vulnerable bird species, the black-eared miner, became endangered due to decades of agricultural land clearing, but a loss of habitat is not the only thing putting the birds at risk.
One of Australia's most vulnerable bird species became endangered due to decades of agricultural land clearing, but a loss of habitat is not the only thing putting the birds at risk.The endangered black-eared miner population is at risk after breeding with the yellow-throated minerResearchers want to learn more about the impact of hybridisation to protect the rare species
To protect the at-risk bird and learn more about the extent of the hybridisation, the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board will lead a 13-month collaborative project backed by $125,267 in federal government funding.Bird-watchers are more likely to spot hybrids than a pure black-eared miner. As a result, the black-eared miner's habitat was eaten by goats, rabbits, kangaroos, and other herbivores who could access water all year round when they were not historically able to.
As part of the collaborative project, a team of ecologists will visit most of the 200 black-eared miner colonies to take genetic samples for analysis.
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