Saturday
Jun292013
Tweets in the night, a flash of green: is this our most elusive bird?
Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 10:05 
Is this an authenticated sighting of a living night parrot, the holy grail of ornithology in Australia?
Entries in Pezoporus occidentalis - Night Parrot (11)
Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 10:05 Monday
May062013
Solving the night parrot mystery
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 23:50 
An artist's impression of the mysterious night parrot thought to inhabit arid regions of Australia. (Martin Thompson)Stories about night parrots are a bit like ghost stories - many people have one, but they're nearly impossible to prove.
tagged Pezoporus occidentalis - Night Parrot | in Research
Pezoporus occidentalis - Night Parrot | in Research Monday
May062013
Enigmatic and on the edge
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 5:13 
Illustration of the Night Parrot by Philip J Wharton.
This is a story that begins with a dead duck and ends with an enigmatic parrot.
Monday
Jun042012
Is there life yet in these ex-parrots?
Monday, June 4, 2012 at 23:27 
Museum Victoria's long-deceased Night Parrot specimen. IT'S the avian equivalent of the Tasmanian tiger - a mysterious ground-dwelling parrot that looks a bit like a fat budgie. It's never been photographed alive and even glimpses of the night parrot - an almost mythical creature among Australia's birding fraternity - are as scarce as hen's teeth.
Monday
Nov302009
Dead parrot inspires CSIRO research
Monday, November 30, 2009 at 12:19 
A study skin of the rare Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. This particular specimen was collected by F.G. Waterhouse in the Gawler Ranges, South Australia. While the exact date is unknown, it was thought to have been collected around 1880.Researchers studying the breeding habits of a rare bird have zeroed in on North West Queensland.