Canberra a city dominated by galahs
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Australia's endangered orange-bellied parrot has caused problems for developers. Photo Courtesy John HarrisonSYDNEY // One of the world's most endangered birds, the orange-bellied parrot, is becoming famous for the wrong reasons in its native Australia. Not because of its rarity - there are believed to be just 50 individuals left in the wild - but because the tiny, shy bird has foiled a series of multi-million-dollar developments.
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Orange bellied parrot. Image by Debbie LustigThere's some intense bird watching going on in Tasmania's far south west as the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrots begin returning for the breeding season.
Wildlife Biologist Mark Holdsworth from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment has just returned from Melaleuca and here he tells Penny Terry what it's been like.