The ‘fat budgie’ was presumed extinct with no live sightings since 1922. But, but, but … , in May 2013, bird guide John Young, after a claimed 17,000 hours of searching, found night parrots in the Diamantina of south-west Queensland. He knew where to look as two dead specimens had been found in the region, one in 1996 and another in 2003, and almost more importantly, he worked out how to look. Since then, there are more sightings and much interest, and possibly skullduggery, in this enigmatic bird. In Night Parrot, Penny Olsen has written the most comprehensive book to date on the ‘fat budgie’.
Not-for-profit Conservation Partners has found a second Night parrot population around 150 Km from the Pullen Pullen population in arid and remote (precise location not released) south-west Queensland. Their website …
Check the URL below for the article with full references. https://connectsci.au/wr/article/51/10/WR24083/172/Potential-threats-and-habitat-of-the-night-parrot Research Article 23 September 2024 Potential threats and habitat of the night parrot on the Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected …
Critically endangered night parrot captured by Martu rangers in east Pilbara Kelsey Reid, Kelly GudgeonABC PilbaraSunday 23 November 2025 Martu rangers capture rare night parrot in WA’s Pilbara region. (Supplied: Jamukurnu-Yapalikurnu Aboriginal …
Second-ever elusive night parrot egg discovered in the Kimberley Tallulah BieundurryABC KimberleySaturday 1 February, 2025 Ngururrpa Ranger Lucinda Gibson gently holding the unfertilised night parrot egg. (Supplied: Ngururrpa Rangers) The discovery …
The night parrot is one of 19 Australian species recognised as being closer to extinction than previously confirmed. Michael Dahlstrom, Environment EditorYahoo News 10 September 2025 This is the moment a …
Sunshinecoastbirds blogger and journalist Greg Roberts reports on the sad and sorry tale regarding the seeming- irredeemably flawed John Young. This is the transcript of my story in the 25 …
This article by the Sunshine Coast’s Greg Roberts is taken from his natural history blog sunshinecoastbirds Monday, 31 March 2025 Night Parrot man in jail after bush bolthole bid John Young …
Australia’s largest night parrot population may be protected by dingoes, but mining in remote WA habitat planned Peter de Kruijff ABC Science Monday 23 September, 2024 Night parrots like this …
Could we be seeing a benefit from climate change? As oceans warm and monsoons push south and further inland, are the wetter years in Night parrot country leading to more …
Greg Roberts is a prolific blogger and his sunshine coast birds blog is always worth a look. He also branches out into the mainstream media (if we can call Murdoch’s …