Wintry blast a blessing for kea strike group





Caught: a female swift parrot emerging from her tree-hollow nest. Image by: Dejan StojanovicSwift parrots are one of Australia’s most endangered birds, but until very recently we didn’t know why. New research shows that they’re being eaten by sugar gliders at their breeding grounds in Tasmania, but even that’s not the full story.
The Seychelles Black Parrot (Seychelles Islands Foundation)The Seychelles islands' list of endemic bird species stands at thirteen, now that the national bird of the Indian Ocean island nation, the Black Parrot, has been officially recognised as a distinct species, Coracopsis barklyi, by taxonomic experts at Birdlife International, the world's largest nature conservation partnership.