Hunting for a phantom: how bioacoustic surveys helped find the elusive night parrot
Photo Credit: S.Murphy, Conservation Partners An Enigmatic Bird The endemic night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of Australia’s most elusive bird species. In fact, it was considered extinct by many for almost a century before being rediscovered in 1990. Today, the night parrot is listed as critically endangered, but conservation work targeting it is burdened by a lack of knowledge about this elusive species. Its behaviour adds to the problem, as this small parrot inhabits extremely...