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Rare Fledgling Parrot sighted in Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland

Scientists have sighted a fledgling Night Parrot for the first time at Bush Heritage Australia’s Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland, confirming the 56,000-hectare nature refuge is successfully protecting a breeding population of one of the world’s rarest birds. A young fledgling appeared from a hummock of spinifex in the late afternoon, and University of Queensland…