Recent sightings of the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis from Matuwa (Lorna Glen) and Millrose Station in Western Australia

Neil Hamilton, Mike Onus, Bruce Withnell, Kay Withnell
pp. 71-75


Abstract

The elusive and rare Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis is being continually searched for and sightings reported. It was thought possibly to be extinct until recent discoveries of two dead specimens in Queensland (1999, 2006), a confirmed sighting in the Pilbara in 2005, the first photograph of a live bird in Queensland in 2013, subsequent discoveries in western Queensland, and a photograph of a Night Parrot in flight from the interior of Western Australia in 2017. We describe our sightings of the Night Parrot from the arid region of Western Australia on 24 November and 5 December 2009. In addition, we briefly describe other possible sightings from the same location and adjoining Millrose pastoral station.


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