Night parrot confirmed alive again after 30 years?

[n2doc]

A LIVE NIGHT PARROT has reportedly been photographed in western Queensland for the first time since the species was discovered more than 150 years ago.

With a loosely estimated population of less than 250 individuals across central Australia, the last living night parrot specimen was collected in 1912 at Nicol Spring in Western Australia.

The species has since famously avoided detection, save a handful of sightings and two dead specimens, the most recent of which was a decapitated young female picked up by a ranger in Queensland's Diamantina National Park in 2006.

A pair of biologists reported seeing several night parrots at a well in the Pilbara, WA, in 2005, but they were not able to photograph them or collect samples.

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http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/night-parrot-seen-alive-again-after-30-years.htm?

[silvershadow]

1. cool nt

[NaturalHigh]

2. Australia is a big place.

I wonder if there are a lot more than the "estimated" 250 hanging out somewhere.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Wonderful. If only they can be protected, and allowed to return to healthy numbers. n/t

[flamingdem]

4. Great, I was about to post this.

yay for the night parrots!