Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs
The Guardian World
by Donna LuMarch 3, 2026
Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild
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Scientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater – one of Australia’s rarest birds.
Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 3/3/2026