Regent honeyeaters were once kings of flowering gums.

Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton.

Now, there are less than 300 birds left in the wild. Habitat loss has pushed the survivors into little pockets across their once vast range.

Sadly, our new research shows these birds are now heading for rapid extinction. Unless we urgently boost conservation efforts, the regent honeyeater will follow the passenger pigeon into oblivion within the next 20 years.

If we let the last few die, the regent honeyeater will be only the second bird extinction on the Australian mainland since European colonisation, following the paradise parrot.

JudgeMental said:

Regent honeyeaters were once kings of flowering gums.

Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton.

Now, there are less than 300 birds left in the wild. Habitat loss has pushed the survivors into little pockets across their once vast range.

Sadly, our new research shows these birds are now heading for rapid extinction. Unless we urgently boost conservation efforts, the regent honeyeater will follow the passenger pigeon into oblivion within the next 20 years.

If we let the last few die, the regent honeyeater will be only the second bird extinction on the Australian mainland since European colonisation, following the paradise parrot.

Thanks for the update, I didn’t know it was threatened.

“The Regent Honeyeater is found in eucalypt forests and woodlands, particularly in blossoming trees and mistletoe. It is also seen in orchards and urban gardens.”

If urban gardens and orchards are an acceptable habitat for regent honeyeaters, and eucalypt and mistletoe which are both still everywhere. how can you blame their reduction in numbers on habitat loss?

May I tentatively suggest that the loss of numbers is due to some other cause?

mollwollfumble said:

JudgeMental said:

Regent honeyeaters were once kings of flowering gums.

Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton.

Now, there are less than 300 birds left in the wild. Habitat loss has pushed the survivors into little pockets across their once vast range.

Sadly, our new research shows these birds are now heading for rapid extinction. Unless we urgently boost conservation efforts, the regent honeyeater will follow the passenger pigeon into oblivion within the next 20 years.

If we let the last few die, the regent honeyeater will be only the second bird extinction on the Australian mainland since European colonisation, following the paradise parrot.

Thanks for the update, I didn’t know it was threatened.

“The Regent Honeyeater is found in eucalypt forests and woodlands, particularly in blossoming trees and mistletoe. It is also seen in orchards and urban gardens.”

If urban gardens and orchards are an acceptable habitat for regent honeyeaters, and eucalypt and mistletoe which are both still everywhere. how can you blame their reduction in numbers on habitat loss?

May I tentatively suggest that the loss of numbers is due to some other cause?

Maybe read the article.

mollwollfumble said:

JudgeMental said:

Regent honeyeaters were once kings of flowering gums.

Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton.

Now, there are less than 300 birds left in the wild. Habitat loss has pushed the survivors into little pockets across their once vast range.

Sadly, our new research shows these birds are now heading for rapid extinction. Unless we urgently boost conservation efforts, the regent honeyeater will follow the passenger pigeon into oblivion within the next 20 years.

If we let the last few die, the regent honeyeater will be only the second bird extinction on the Australian mainland since European colonisation, following the paradise parrot.

Thanks for the update, I didn’t know it was threatened.

“The Regent Honeyeater is found in eucalypt forests and woodlands, particularly in blossoming trees and mistletoe. It is also seen in orchards and urban gardens.”

If urban gardens and orchards are an acceptable habitat for regent honeyeaters, and eucalypt and mistletoe which are both still everywhere. how can you blame their reduction in numbers on habitat loss?

May I tentatively suggest that the loss of numbers is due to some other cause?

They are not remembering their song.