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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 :[ 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. ...