Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
by Donna Lu from Environment | The Guardian on (#7400Q)
Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild
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Scientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater - one of Australia's rarest birds.
Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
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