Orange-bellied Parrot Mainland Recovery

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Orange-bellied Parrot Mainland Recovery

OBP Sticker Competition

There are less than 200 OBPs remaining in the wild, and unlike other critically endangered Australian birds, they don’t have their own sticker series!

Thank you for the hundreds of responses we received for our competition. We are currently going through all of the entries. Winners and the stickers series will be revealed soon.

Winter Survey Dates for 2008

Winter surveys for Orange-bellied Parrots (OBPs) will be conducted on the mainland, King Island and Northwest Tasmania on:

• 3-4 May
• 26-27 July
• 13-14 September

Contact your regional coordinator or Birds Australia to get involved.

Funded through the federal governments Natural Heritage Trust, the ‘Orange-bellied Parrot: defining and conserving key mainland habitat project’ is a three year project which has been shedding light on the wintering habitat requirements of this critically endangered species.

The project is utilising a network of dedicated and skilled volunteers to search for the parrots on mainland south-eastern Australia and King Island. The overall aim is to identify what constitutes suitable and potential habitat for wintering OBPs, so we are then in a position to improve the protection and management of that habitat.

Over 1000 surveys have been conducted by volunteers 2006 and 2007 from the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria to Port Augusta in South Australia and these surveys have yielded detailed information of the ecology of the species. For a full description of the project see the documents at the bottom of this page.

Further information

If you would like to be involved in this project in any way, or for more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it at the Birds Australia National Office.