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Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
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Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wildGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater – one of Australia’s rarest birds.Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Continue reading…

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