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Conservationists Give Regent Honeyeaters a Musical Lifeline Through Innovative 'Singing Lessons'
Photo: Akshat Jhingran / Unsplash
Australia's critically endangered regent honeyeater is getting help to recover its natural song through a creative captive breeding program. Young birds are now learning their species' distinctive calls from wild males, addressing a surprising consequence of their population decline where isolated birds had begun mimicking other species instead.
Australia’s critically endangered regent honeyeater is getting help to recover its natural song through a creative captive breeding program. Young birds are now learning their species’ distinctive calls from wild males, addressing a surprising consequence of their population decline where isolated birds had begun mimicking other species instead.