There are fewer than 300 regent honeyeaters in the wild but after a concerning breeding season, conservationists are encouraged by recent sightings along the east coast.
abc.net.au/news/conservationists-sight-critically-endangered-regent-honeyeaters/102529996One of Australia's rarest species of bird, the critically endangered regent honeyeater, has been making an appearance in several locations along the New South Wales east coast.
This week there have been sightings of the distinctive honeyeater near Coffs Harbour on the state's Mid North Coast, and a flock has been seen further south at Lake Macquarie in the Hunter region."We have a couple of birds found in recent days, north of Woolgoolga, feeding on flowering swamp mahogany, and at the same time we have had up to a dozen birds in Lake Macquarie also feeding in swamp mahogany," Mr Roderick said.
"It was a season where we didn't actually witness any successful breeding, and that was the first time that had happened, and that was a real concern," he said. "After our latest release of captive-bred birds in the Lower Hunter region, we were able to put some new radio transmitters [designed to fall off] on some of the Taronga Zoo-bred birds, which enabled us to keep monitoring the birds for longer," Mr Roderick said."In early March we made a discovery that some of them were feeding in a new habitat type, dominated by banksias, in Werakata State Conservation Area, in a habitat called Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland.
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