Native Species Predation Threatens Regent Honeyeater
Researchers have discovered that native possums are feeding on the nests of endangered Australian birds, including the regent honey eater. This finding challenges the assumption that introduced species are the primary threat to Australian wildlife.
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ABC Radio Sydney
“researchers have found native animals like possums have been feeding on nests of endangered Australian birds like the regent honey eater.”
ABC Radio Sydney
“loss may have a big impact on the population and its chance of regent honey eaters kind of recovering and surviving in the wild.”
ABC Radio Sydney
“Bianca McBride there, PhD candidate at the University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Sciences who this week published that paper looking at Australian native species predating on...”
ABC Radio Sydney
“this week published that paper looking at Australian native species predating on...”
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