As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Parrot Feared Extinct For 100 Years Is Found

The night parrot, believed extinct since the last confirmed sighting in 1912, is found to be alive in arid desert in Queensland.


10:45, UK,Tuesday 11 August 2015

A breed of parrot thought to be extinct since the early 20th century has been rediscovered.

Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland had long believed the rare night parrot was no more.

The breed, endemic to Australia, was feared extinct after there were no recorded sightings after 1912.

The discovery of two dead birds between 1990 and 2006 only added to the belief that the parrot was no more.

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