Article FMXG Last-ditch attempt to save the plains wanderer, Australia's most endangered bird

Last-ditch attempt to save the plains wanderer, Australia's most endangered bird

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The ground-dwelling bird is critically endangered due to loss of its grasslands habitat, but a new strategy aims to turn around its fortunes

A plan to save Australia's most critically endangered bird has been outlined in the nation's first threatened species strategy.

The plains wanderer, which is only found in small pockets of Victoria's northern plains, the Riverina district of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, requires "emergency action".

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