Heard about this on the news.
If it's anything like the Coxen's Fig-Parrot, it'll be tough to find...
I wouldn't bother jumping in the car to go for it yet.
Congratulations John
"veteran bird-watcher has discovered a new species of parrot in Queensland
after a decade of searching.
Queensland naturalist and wildlife cinematographer John Young has discovered
the rare blue-fronted fig parrot in a rugged southern Queensland forest after
an exhaustive search.
The exact site of the finding has not been disclosed.
Although Mr Young has known of the bird's existence for 10 years, he only
recently found evidence that the parrot differed from the endangered Coxen's
fig parrot that overlaps in range.
Three fig parrots were known to occur in Australia and all are regarded as
subspecies of the double-eyed fig parrot.
Queensland Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr said the blue-fronted fig
parrot represented a fourth fig parrot subspecies or a separate species.
She said the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service had received unconfirmed fig
parrot sightings in the Burnett region and the Sunshine and Gold Coast
hinterlands over the past decade, but no photograph, specimen or sound
recording had been made.
Naturalist John Gould described the first fig parrot in Australia 130 years
ago."
Cheers,
Bill Moorhead
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