Gallery of log for Rare Birds of the World

05-Feb-21
There seem to be so many species to choos from sadly.

Here is my choice.

The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), is a species of broad-tailed parrot, only found in southeastern Australia.
The species breeds in Tasmania during the summer and migrates north to south eastern mainland Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter.
It is a nomadic migrant, and it settles in an area only when there is food available.
The species is critically endangered and the severe predation of sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) on breeding females and nests.
Sugar glider predation is worst where logging is severe, so these threats interact in Tasmania.
Genetic evidence for the effective population size suggests that the minimum potential population size is now fewer than 300 individual swift parrots.
The genetic evidence supports the results of earlier studies that use demographic information about swift parrots to show the species could be extinct by 2031.

A 31% chance it could be exctinct in the next 20 years.

You can find out more here.

Swift Parrot

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