In early November BirdLife Australia, leaders for bird conversation in Australia, revealed the preliminary results for the Aussie Bird Count.
With A Decade Of Rainbows—Rainbow Lorikeet Tops The 10th Annual Aussie Bird Count than 420,000 counted, the colourful Rainbow Lorikeet once again comes out on high, beating the Noisy Miner with nearly 220,000 and the long-lasting Australian Magpie with round 154,000 counted.
In whole, over 80,000 Aussies counted more than three.6 million birds during the week submitting over 100,000 checklists and observing 658 chook species.
“The enthusiasm with which Australians have taken to the Aussie Bird Count has been excellent,” mentioned BirdLife Australia’s National Public Affairs Manager, Sean Dooley.
Over the past 10 years, the Aussie Bird Count has helped elevate the profile of Australia’s fowl life and inspired hundreds of individuals around the nation to connect with nature.
“In addition to being good for our psychological well being, chook watching is commonly the first step towards nature conservation. We can’t shield one thing if we don’t know how it is faring within the first place.”
With almost 1 in 6 bird species in Australia vulnerable to extinction from threats such as climate change, habitat loss, fires, and invasive species,
BirdLife Australia depends on information to inform priorities and insights from monitoring tasks such as the count to assist shape our broader Bird Conservation Strategy, aiming to halt bird extinctions by 2032 and general bird declines by 2050.
The outcomes might be closely vetted by BirdLife Australia’s avian consultants with a complete data release for the Aussie Bird Count scheduled for December this 12 months.
Learn extra about Australia’s greatest citizen science event at http://aussiebirdcount.org.au
Noisy Miner came in at No. 2
Australian Magpie: No. three