LONDON: These birds are still seen around Australia, but their numbers are already doing down, according to bird watchers.
The number of some of Australia’s iconic birds, which includes the kookaburra, magpie and the willie wagtail, is on the decline, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Volunteers from Birdlife Australia have compiled data from among 420,000 surveys done since 1998, where it showed that the magpie, which is one of the most popularly sighted birds in Australia, is slowly declining in the east coast. Kookaburra and willie wagtail sightings, on the other hand, have been declining in the southeast.
Their discovery also revealed “significant decline” among birds of prey in the Australian outback, which includes owls, eagles and falcons. At least 22 species out of 39 in the Malle region in the southern part of Australia are also dwindling in numbers. Many other bird life populations in Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra are also heading in a downward trajectory, according to The Guardian.
“You may see a bird such as a magpie wherever you go, so it may not make a lot of sense to people to say that it’s declining in some regions. But it’s not always obvious to a local observer that we are losing these birds in some places,” said James O’Connor, the head of the research.
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