CT scans reveal unique asymmetrical cranial anatomy, similar to an owl, may be key to the survival of Australia's critically endangered night parrot Australia's night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis).

One bird bucks the stereotype of Australia’s raucous parrots – the mysterious and critically endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Rather than flying around in noisy flocks or eating fruit ...

The Night Parrot, one of the most elusive birds on earth, has been found again in isolated locations of Australia after basically not being found in any verified records for a long period of time. It ...

The night parrot — it sounds like a crime-fighting superhero, and it's bathing in all the same fanfare. The green, yellow, and black birds, once thought to be extinct, were recently documented in ...

Researchers at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have sequenced the first genome of the night parrot, one of the world's rarest and most elusive birds. The development will answer questions ...

New video captures a sighting of the elusive bird in its grassy home in the remote Great Sandy Desert during the day.

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Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day. An international study, co-led by Flinders University's Dr. Vera ...

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A critically endangered nocturnal parrot that lives in the middle of Australia’s outback ‘has not evolved to see in the dark’, putting it at risk of crashing into fences A night parrot in the darkness ...

Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day. New research reveals that the critically endangered parrot's ...