THEY may have almost been extinct but Yellow Chats are making a come back.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service operations support manager Mark Read said the Yellow Chat's population growth had tripled in five years on Curtis Island.
"The bird has been listed as endangered on national level, so it's a bird under a lot of pressure," Mr Read said.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service operations support manager Mark Read said the Yellow Chat's population growth had tripled in five years on Curtis Island.
"The bird has been listed as endangered on national level, so it's a bird under a lot of pressure," Mr Read said.
With nine birds left on Curtis Island in 2011, the number had grown to 35 as of last year.
"Once we removed grazing pressure and the damage of feral pigs, we've seen a bounce back of the marine plains and population recovery of Yellow Chats," Mr Read said.
"It's a great success story." As a wildlife biologist by trade, Mr Read said the habitat combination Yellow Chats live in, is quite unique and they only live in a few spots across the county.
"Curtis Island has got that unique combination of habitat these birds are specific to ... which is essentially marine plains," he said.
"Once we removed grazing pressure and the damage of feral pigs, we've seen a bounce back of the marine plains and population recovery of Yellow Chats," Mr Read said.
"It's a great success story." As a wildlife biologist by trade, Mr Read said the habitat combination Yellow Chats live in, is quite unique and they only live in a few spots across the county.
"Curtis Island has got that unique combination of habitat these birds are specific to ... which is essentially marine plains," he said.
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