Bush Heritage Australia hope the fight to save the critically endangered night parrot gets a boost after they got a $300,000 grant from the Queensland government.
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Bush Heritage Australia say there are between 10 to 20 night parrots at their Pullen Pullen reserve in western Queensland.
Despite being a nocturnal bird it struggles to see in the dark.
The only known Queensland population of the night parrot (pezoporus occidentalis) is at Pullen Pullen and nearby properties (though it also exists in WA) and the Pullen Pullen birds are the only night parrot population subject to ongoing ecological research.
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science awarded Bush Heritage Australia $304,500 to fund an ecologist, new ecological monitoring equipment such as song meters and camera traps, bushfire prevention work, feral predator control, engaging with Maiawali traditional owners and upgrades to the research station.
Bush Heritage's Executive Manager for the North region Rob Murphy said the funding would help secure the bird's future.
"It allows us to expand on the vital on-ground conservation work to safeguard the bird and its habitat," Mr Murphy said.
Queensland Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon said the government granted Pullen Pullen special wildlife reserve status in 2020.
The status provided national park protection to private land in an Australian first.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
