Revisited: Could bringing back its love song save one of Australia’s rarest songbirds?
Podcast |
Full Story
Publisher |
The Guardian
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Australia
News & Politics
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Jan 12, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:19:31
It wouldn’t be Guardian Australia ‘best of’ series without a bird episode! The regent honeyeater is an endangered native Australian songbird, with only a few hundred left in the wild. A few years ago scientists noticed something odd – they were mimicking other birds, and unable to sing their own song. Environment reporter Graham Readfearn and Dr Joy Tripovich explain how this species lost its song, and whether teaching it how to sing again could help save it from extinction

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