Australia - 'Night parrot' survives
July 7, 2013, Sunday
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AN intrepid Australian bird-spotter has captured the best evidence in a century of a live "night parrot," a rare creature among the world's most enigmatic avian species, scientists said on Thursday.
John Young, a naturalist photographer, presented photos and video of the small, yellowish-green parrot to experts at the Queensland Museum this week, which government scientist Leo Joseph said "make it seem very clear that he's found the bird."
Researchers feared for decades that the nocturnal, desert-dwelling parrot was extinct, with no sightings between 1912 and 1979 and only a handful since.
Estimates say only about 50-250 night parrots remain in the wild.
John Young, a naturalist photographer, presented photos and video of the small, yellowish-green parrot to experts at the Queensland Museum this week, which government scientist Leo Joseph said "make it seem very clear that he's found the bird."
Researchers feared for decades that the nocturnal, desert-dwelling parrot was extinct, with no sightings between 1912 and 1979 and only a handful since.
Estimates say only about 50-250 night parrots remain in the wild.
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