Regent honeyeaters are so rare that young birds aren't learning their own song
MarMarch 2021 at 11:59pm
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Numbers of critically endangered regent honeyeaters have fallen so low in the wild that experts say some young birds are failing to learn how to sing their own song.
Key points:
An ANU study shows the bird has become so rare that young male birds are failing to learn the species' unique song
The honeyeater has been found copying the song of other native birds instead