Swift parrot rapidly winging towards extinction

By Andrew Darby
Updated May 5 2015 - 11:08am, first published March 26 2015 - 5:18pm
A flock of one of the most endangered parrots in Australia, the swift parrot, has been spotted feeding in the Royal National Park. Photo: Ken Griffiths
A flock of one of the most endangered parrots in Australia, the swift parrot, has been spotted feeding in the Royal National Park. Photo: Ken Griffiths

The swift parrot, Australia's fastest nectar-eater, is suffering such a catastrophic population decline that conservationist biologists are pushing for the brightly-coloured bird to be urgently listed as critically endangered.

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