Night parrot capture and tagging hailed as 'holy grail' moment for bird lovers

The area of south-west Queensland where the elusive nocturnal parrot, presumed extinct, was caught is now to be protected

The elusive night parrot, a species thought to be extinct for about 100 years, has finally been captured and tagged by scientists as part of a pioneering project to safeguard the remaining ground-dwelling birds.

Aside from two dead parrots found over the past 25 years, the night parrot had not been captured since the 1890s and was presumed extinct by many bird experts.