Published: June 17, 2021
‘Song tutoring’ gives the regent honeyeater a better chance of survival in the wild, researchers find
Captive-bred regent honeyeaters – a native Australian songbird threatened with extinction – are being taught to sing the right songs, with new research showing it helps them survive when they are released into the wild.
Less than 400 critically endangered regent honeyeaters, a woodland songbird, are left in the wild so conservationists are supporting the bird with a captive breeding program.
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