Parrot back from brink
October 27, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
Australia’s second-rarest bird has been sighted in the Coorong, raising new hopes for the parrot teetering on the edge of extinction.
Recent surveys in Coorong National Park have detected two small groups of the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot.
Surveys by Environment and Heritage Department rangers, interstate biologists and volunteers have confirmed orange-bellied parrots continue to migrate to the Coorong coastline each year.
Three of the parrots sighted this winter were identified as first-year birds undertaking their first migrations.
