In early November BirdLife Australia, leaders for chook conversation in Australia, revealed the preliminary results for the Aussie Bird Count.
With more than 420,000 counted, the colourful Rainbow Lorikeet once again comes out on prime, beating the Noisy Miner with nearly 220,000 and the long-lasting Australian Magpie with round 154,000 counted.
In whole, over eighty,000 Aussies counted greater than 3.6 million birds through the week submitting over 100,000 checklists and observing 658 bird species.
“The enthusiasm with which Australians have taken to the Aussie Bird Count has been outstanding,” mentioned BirdLife Australia’s National Public Affairs Manager, Sean Dooley.
Over A Decade Of Rainbows—Rainbow Lorikeet Tops The 10th Annual Aussie Bird Count , the Aussie Bird Count has helped increase the profile of Australia’s fowl life and inspired 1000's of individuals around the nation to connect with nature.
“In addition to being good for our psychological health, fowl watching is often step one towards nature conservation. We can’t protect one thing if we don’t know the way it's faring within the first place.”
With nearly 1 in 6 bird species in Australia at threat of extinction from threats corresponding to local weather change, habitat loss, fires, and invasive species,
BirdLife Australia depends on data to inform priorities and insights from monitoring tasks such as the count to assist shape our broader Bird Conservation Strategy, aiming to halt chook extinctions by 2032 and general fowl declines by 2050.
The outcomes shall be closely vetted by BirdLife Australia’s avian consultants with a comprehensive data release for the Aussie Bird Count scheduled for December this yr.
Learn extra about Australia’s greatest citizen science occasion at http://aussiebirdcount.org.au
Noisy Miner came in at No. 2
Australian Magpie: No. three