(Extra photos for an older article) “If we plant it, hopefully they will come” – enticing rare Kangaroo Island glossies back to the mainland
(Extra photos for an older article) “If we plant it, hopefully they will come” – enticing rare Kangaroo Island glossies back to the mainland
Greening Australia and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia are teaming up to plant more than 19,000 food and nesting trees to entice the glossy black-cockatoo, one of the nation’s rarest birds back to the mainland.
cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/1448853
Kangaroo Island is the last refuge for the South Australian subspecies of glossy black-cockatoo - which is smaller but has a bigger bill than glossies in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
In 1995 the subspecies was heading towards extinction with fewer than 200 SA glossies left on Kangaroo Island.
The fires highlighted an urgent need to reestablish habitat for glossies on the Fleurieu Peninsula, just across from Kangaroo Island.
"First we identified high priority locations to restore sheoak woodland on the Fleurieu, based on the needs and preferences of glossies and the proximity to Kangaroo Island."
"There is plenty of opportunity for South Australia to do better. Restoring enough habitat to bring glossies back to the mainland would be a big start," said Mr Sanders.