This makes me sad page 1

MSG
4th February 2012, 08:08 AM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-04/critically-endangered-parrot-closer-to-extinction/3811524

Researchers in Melaleuca in south-west Tasmania say the number of birds in the wild is now down to 21, including just eight females.
MSG
4th February 2012, 08:10 AM
http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2011/01/28/2156861/Parrot_2-420x0.jpg

http://graemechapman.com.au/catalogue/ausbirds3274/p/305201.jpg
ericv00
4th February 2012, 09:50 AM
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MSG
4th February 2012, 10:11 AM
Very specialised species. In the summer months they breed in southern Tasmania. In the winter they migrate north across Bass Strait and overwinter on coastal saltbush flats. Historically they could be found anywhere from Adelaide in the west to southern New South Wales in the east - in suitable habitat. But most of that coastal habitat has been alienated by grazing or coastal development. So their numbers have progressively fallen to the point that they are basically doomed in the wild.

21 individuals, including 8 females, left in the wild, And the silly buggers insist on flying to the mainland every winter and distributing themselves along 2000Km of coastline...
Grumps
4th February 2012, 01:38 PM
Looks like we need to clone the motherfuckers.
oblivion
4th February 2012, 06:59 PM
would the approach to saving the California Condor work for this species? The breadth of the migration destination is kinda daunting.
nostrum
4th February 2012, 07:57 PM
That is a pretty parrot.
MSG
4th February 2012, 10:25 PM
would the approach to saving the California Condor work for this species? The breadth of the migration destination is kinda daunting.

This bird has received a lot of attention including provision of nest boxes in the wild and captive breeding. But the numbers in the wild have continued to decline. Their migration and wintering habits make it really difficult. It looks like it will soon be extinct in the wild.

It's one of those things. While the orange-bellied parrot is a distinct species and a beautiful little bird, few people have ever seen it, and there are very similar looking, closely related parrots. The OBPs probably evolved their niche as a result of getting stranded in Tasmania by rising sea levels after the Ice Age. So they were probably always a marginal species. Does it matter if they go extinct?

I think it's a discussion worth having, because over the next few decades we are going to hear hundreds, probably thousands of stories like this about species that are about to disappear. And tens of thousands that you'll never hear about.

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