A critically endangered nocturnal parrot that lives in the middle of Australia’s outback ‘has not evolved to see in the dark’, putting it at risk of crashing into fences A night parrot in the darkness ...

When Barbara Klump ran into homeowners on trash-collection day, she would tell them that something very special was happening in their suburb of Sydney. She meant the birds. The big white ones?, the ...

An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope. By Anthony Ham There had been no confirmed sightings of a live ...

Few Australian birds have inspired as much awe, speculation and myth as the night parrot. Thought lost for more than a century, it’s one of the world’s great biological enigmas; a parrot that lives ...

Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day. New research reveals that the critically endangered parrot's ...

The Australian Government has listed the iconic Tasmanian swift parrot as critically endangered, lifting its status from endangered. The reclassification comes after researchers found the swift parrot ...

An intrepid Australian bird-spotter has captured the best evidence in a century of a live "night parrot", a rare creature that ranks among the world's most enigmatic avian species, scientists said ...

The Australian Government has listed the iconic Tasmanian swift parrot as critically endangered, lifting its status from endangered, following research by The Australian National University (ANU). Dr ...

Australia's night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) was once thought to be extinct but live sightings three years ago and a chance photo that led to the capture of the nocturnal bird confirmed that the ...

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