In early November BirdLife Australia, leaders for fowl conversation in Australia, revealed the preliminary outcomes for the Aussie Bird Count.
With more than 420,000 counted, the colorful Rainbow Lorikeet as quickly as again comes out on high, beating the Noisy Miner with almost 220,000 and the iconic Australian Magpie with around 154,000 counted.
In whole, over eighty,000 Aussies counted more than 3.6 million birds in the course of the week submitting over one hundred,000 checklists and observing 658 fowl species.
“ A Decade Of Rainbows—Rainbow Lorikeet Tops The 10th Annual Aussie Bird Count with which Australians have taken to the Aussie Bird Count has been excellent,” said BirdLife Australia’s National Public Affairs Manager, Sean Dooley.
Over the previous 10 years, the Aussie Bird Count has helped increase the profile of Australia’s bird life and inspired hundreds of individuals across the nation to attach with nature.
“In addition to being good for our psychological well being, fowl watching is often step one in course of nature conservation. We can’t defend something if we don’t understand how it's faring in the first place.”
With practically 1 in 6 fowl species in Australia at threat of extinction from threats similar to climate change, habitat loss, fires, and invasive species,
BirdLife Australia relies on knowledge to inform priorities and insights from monitoring projects such because the rely to assist form our broader Bird Conservation Strategy, aiming to halt fowl extinctions by 2032 and general chook declines by 2050.
The results shall be intently vetted by BirdLife Australia’s avian specialists with a comprehensive knowledge release for the Aussie Bird Count scheduled for December this 12 months.
Learn more about Australia’s largest citizen science event at http://aussiebirdcount.org.au
Noisy Miner got here in at No. 2
Australian Magpie: No. 3