Thought To Be Extinct Night Parrot Spotted After Not Being Seen For Over 100 Years
We've talked before about scenarios where animals that we thought were extinct were spotted in the wild. This happens because it's impossible for us to know all of the animals that are out in the wild and as humans, if we haven't seen an animal in over 100 years then we'd assume it's extinct.
This is exactly what happened in this case and is actually a lot of other cases such as the case of the Saki monkey we discussed in another post. It's always an amazing discovery when we spot an animal that we once believed to be extinct because it can show that these animals persevered.
Although a lot of the animals spotted that were thought to be extinct are indeed still endangered and should be preserved to save the species. Regardless, we thought we'd shine some light on this story of a night parrot that was spotted after never being seen for 100 years.
It's a really wild story because I think we'd all think it was gone, but clearly, the species has just been living under the radar. Let's dive in and take a look at this story to see what happened and what people think.
This photo shows the rare bird that we are discussing as the Night Parrot.
Birdwatchers all over were excited to hear that the Night Parrot species has been rediscovered after all of these years. The Night Parrot is native to Australia and it's known to be one of the elusive breeds of bird out there.
John YoungIt's wild to think that people found a bird that was thought to be extinct.
This bird was initially declared extinct as nobody saw sight of it for years. That is until someone stumbled upon this elusive bird.
The bird was spotted and heard by four men from Broom. “We are quite experienced in these habitats so to hear something new was quite exciting,” a member of the group, Bruce Greatwich said.
John YoungHere's a look at the four Broom men who discovered this elusive parrot.
George Swann, a member of the team that discovered the bird, explained how excited they were to see the bird. Here's more about what he had to say, “To have something happen that we have worked towards for a long time and lots of people have tried to achieve … we were clearly very, very excited.”
John YoungNow that we know this bird is out there, it's important to maintain the species.
Professionals are already looking into this species and have given comments on the next steps.
“We know that night parrots do occur in Western Australia now. Mining companies, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Parks and Water … they will have to place a lot more import into reported sightings now or in the future when they are making an assessment around potential developments or habitat destruction in the area.”
Bruce GreatwichHere's a video of the Night Parrot so you can get a better look at this bird
Nature is amazing, isn't it? It's always amazing when we discover something that was first thought to be extinct.
It's good to know the species is alive, but also it means we can take steps to maintain and grow the species back so that they aren't as elusive and hard to find.
That's definitely something we need to work on.
