The Research and Recovery of Endangered Species (RARES) Group. Evidence-based conservation for Australia’s most poorly known threatened species.
University of Queensland
Joined April 2022
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Hello, we're a research group specialising in some of Australia's most poorly known threatened species. If you're into #science, #conservation, #wildlife, and especially #birds then perhaps give us a follow! Or learn more here - raresgroup.com.au/ Thank you!
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New publication!
The Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus) is the world's only nocturnal member of the Accipitridae and one of Australia's least-known raptors.
We investigated long-term range and abundance trends using 60 years of occurrence records.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Uncomfortable truths about black throated finch conservation from @april_reside at #AOC2023
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Buttonquail time! Patrick Webster from @RaresGroup on the buff-breasted button-quail… the only Aussie bird never photographed and with (currently) no known population. 🤔
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How can we avoid misclassification mistakes for rare birds? Nick Leseberg w/ the @RaresGroup AOC2023 #wildoz
Finding the elusive buff-breasted button-quail relies on essential museum archives #australianbirds #threatenedspecies #conservation
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/b…
More important work by RARES scientists, this time by the indefatigable Nick Leseberg- Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) link.springer.com/article/10…
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Have you seen The Red? Australia's red goshawk once ruled the skies. But now this almighty raptor has become our nation's rarest bird of prey. @cmaccoll @UQscience writes @ConversationEDU about the first comprehensive population assessment.
theconversation.com/australi…
Please read these important, though startling, results from @CMacColl comprehensive population assessment of the Red Goshawk, Australia's rarest raptor #threatenedspecies #conservation #WildOz #Australianbirds #Extinction #raptorresearch
New research published today reveals the extinction and ongoing loss of Australia’s rarest bird of prey, the #RedGoshawk (Erythrotriorchis radiatus), over two-thirds of its historical range in just the past four decades…. doi.org/10.1080/01584197.202…
Thanks to the persistence of RARES researcher @Turnix_PWebster, we are happy (though actually sad) to report that the Queensland Government has now accepted our submission for the conservation status of the Buff-breasted Button-quail to be uplisted to Critically Endangered.
Tireless field work by Pat Webster finds Painted Button-quail are actually distributed throughout southern and central Cape York.... at least! See article here -
birdlife.org.au/afo/index.ph…
PhD opportunity in the RARES Group working on the most evolutionary distinct and globally endangered (EDGE) bird in the world, the plains wanderer! A thread: edgeofexistence.org/species/…
The student will be part of a team of land managers and researchers who are collaborating to improve conservation outcomes for the plains wanderer in Queensland and will work together with the First Nations peoples of western Queensland.
Applications close 31 August 2022, and the preferred start date is 1 January 2023. For more info contact Nick Leseberg: [email protected]
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Daniella Teixeira: [email protected]
New paper out by the RARES team! Critically important work to better manage the threat of feral cat predation on one of Australia's most endangered birds, the Night Parrot #conservation #threatenedspecies #nightparrot publish.csiro.au/WR/WR21123
New paper out by RARES scientist Patrick Webster explaining why his study species the Buff-breasted Button-quail hasnt been reliably seen for 100 years!! #BuffbreastedButtonquail tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
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Two very happy fellows who have just found their second #RedGoshawk nest in three days! For context, I didn't find one in the first 3 years of my PhD!
Watch this fun 3 minute skit our fearless leader @cyclonewatson shot for the ABC program Behind The News discussing the Threatened Species app
abc.net.au/btn/classroom/thr…
