A bird like no other! 🐥 The Plains-wanderer isn’t just rare – it’s the only species in its entire family, Pedionomidae. Its lineage split from other birds around 60 million years ago, making it one of the most ancient living birds on the planet. 🤯 Even more surprising? Its closest relatives aren’t in Australia – they’re in South America! This evolutionary isolation makes the Plains-wanderer a critical piece of avian history. At Bush Heritage we’re proud to play a role in helping protect popula
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A bird so rare, it’s harder to find than a Giant Panda 🚨 Excitingly, we have detected Australia’s critically endangered Plains-wanderer on a property in western Queensland for the first time, after its calls were captured on bioacoustics recorders. Once widespread across the grasslands of eastern Australia, the Plains-wanderer has greatly declined due to predation by feral cats and foxes, altered fire regimes and habitat loss. With an estimated 250-1,000 individuals remaining, the bird is now r
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We’re excited to see another 10 critically endangered plains-wanderers released into the wild, as part of a program supported by #SavingourSpecies. There’s no other bird in the world quite-like the plains-wanderer – it sits on its own in the bird evolutionary tree! With less than 1000 birds in the wild, every step we take to bolster their populations is a special one. This was the first ever NSW release of plains-wanderers, and was able to happen thanks to Saving our Species, Taronga Zoo Sydney,
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After years of working behind the scenes, we’ve been waiting for this moment! One of the world’s most critically endangered and genetically distinct species, the Plains-wanderer, has been released into the wild for the very first time embarking on a vital journey to help save the species from extinction. In a collaborative research trial led by Zoos Victoria, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Parks Victoria, Taronga Zoo Sydney, Trust for Nature, and Department of Planning, Ind
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