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"Australia’s woodland birds include colourful parrots, flitting honeyeaters,
bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming “little brown birds”. Some, such as
willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens.
Others, such as swift parrots and regent honeyeaters, are exceptional rarities
for which bird enthusiasts spend days or weeks searching.
There are other woodland birds you might never have noticed, such as
pardalotes, thornbills, treecreepers, gerygones and nightjars. Forty woodland
bird species are listed as threatened and several others are declining.
And just this month another six woodland birds were added to the national
threatened list.
Efforts to help these species recover are being made. Common actions include
replanting trees and installing nest boxes. But it is important we know which
efforts are making the biggest difference. We can then ensure we are doing
enough to recover these birds and directing resources to actions that work
best.
Our systematic review collated all the published research we could find that
tested the effectiveness of 26 conservation actions for woodland bird
communities. And yet we found little evidence about exactly how effective most
of these actions are."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
