8th May 2008 Click on image to enlarge It’s Spring Fever for
released Regent Honeyeaters (26 Sep 2008) Update From The Field
(6 June 2008) Regent Honeyeater breeding program soars (8 May
2008) With only an estimated 1500 Regent Honeyeaters left in the
wild, the release of twenty eight birds from a successful
regional breeding program is well timed. Taronga Zoo in
partnership with wildlife agencies manages a vital breed-for-
release program for this endangered species. The small black and
yellow honeyeaters have been rapidly disappearing from their
native habitat along the Box and Ironbark forests of the Great
Dividing Range at an alarming rate. The decline is due to loss
of habitat with up to 85% of their woodland home being lost to
land clearing for agricultural purposes. This has led to
fragmented populations, resulting in the local extinction of the
Regent Honeyeater in South Australia and isolation of the
remaining small population groups in Victoria, NSW and
Queensland. A National Recovery Program has bee