At the time of writing, more than 300 orange-bellied parrots reside at the purpose-built facility as part of the Orange-bellied Parrot Tasmanian Program. Meanwhile, the wild population fluctuates ...

A new study suggests the orange-bellied parrot has lost 62 per cent of its genetic diversity in the past 200 years. Scientists say to save the critically endangered species we must consider ...

A group of captive-bred juvenile orange-bellied parrots has been released into the wild in Tasmania's south-west as part of efforts to conserve the species. Wildlife experts from the Tasmanian ...

Years of conservation work are finally paying off for Tasmania's orange-bellied parrot, whose numbers once dipped to just 17 known individuals in the wild. Today, that number is estimated to be in ...

Captive breeding and release is sustaining the population of orange-bellied parrots, holding extinction at bay. But most of the young born into the population each year die during their migration ...

Breeding animals in captivity and releasing these individuals into the wild is an important conservation tool. It is typically used to increase numbers and, sometimes, the genetic diversity, of ...

Critically endangered parrots which only breed in Tasmania have begun flying back to Melaleuca. Here’s why things could be looking up for the birds. Orange-bellied Parrots only breed in ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Environment Minister Madeleine Ogilvie said 28 captive-bred orange-bellied parrots were released into the wild from Melaleuca ahead of what experts ...

Orange-bellied parrots (Neophema chrysogaster) are one of Australia's most imperilled species, with an estimated 25 per cent chance of extinction by 2041. The situation is so dire that some ...

"Capturing several specimens and breeding them would lead to more birds, but their gene pool would still be too shallow to ...