Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 23:39 
Orange-bellied parrots at the Healesville Sanctuary. Picture: JAY TOWNSCAPTIVE birds are expected to be released on a mission to mate in Tasmania this summer, in a bid to save their species from extinction.
Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 15:34 
Population dwindling: scientists have undertaken breeding programs to try to save the orange-bellied parrot. Photo: Justin McManus ONE of the world's rarest birds is now almost reduced to a rumour. There are only 36 orange-bellied parrots known to be alive in the wild. The situation has become so critical that if numbers drop further, the survivors will be rounded up and put into captivity by members of a national recovery team trying to save the species from extinction.
Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 23:41 
3 weeks ago four (or five) OBPs have been at western Port Phillip; one seen in southeast South Australia and another in western Victoria.This weekend non where spotted. Image by by Debbie LustigEarly results from a search for the critically-endangered orange-bellied parrot in south-east South Australia have not been promising.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 13:35 
A Galah is a common Graden bird in Canbarra. Image by Wayne ButterworthIf sulphur-crested cockatoos weren't so fussy about nesting sites they'd probably replace galahs as Canberra's most abundant bird species.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 23:05 
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.
