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CAUGHT: This Regent Honeyeater, raised in captivity and released five years ago, has been found 200 kilometres from home.
Endangered honeyeater shows up five years after release
THE Mansfi eld Courier has covered the plight of the nationally endangered na-tive Regent Honeyeater time and time again.
When the species num-bers plummeted, when breeding programs began and when the local commu-nity was encouraged to cre-ate housing for the birds to encourage them to nest in Mansfi eld gardens.
So the news that a Regent Honeyeater has been pho-tographed in Gippsland fi ve years aft er it was released in Chiltern comes as a delight-ful surprise.
The captive-bred male bird, known as Blue-Yellow Red-Metal thanks to his unique colour leg bands, was spotted recently in Coongul-la, near Lake Glenmaggie, by an eagle-eyed resident.
BirdLife Australia Wood-land Bird Program leader and national Regent Honeyeater recovery coordinator, Dean Ingwersen, said the Regent was one of 77 captive-reared birds released in April 2015 into the Chiltern-Mt Pilot Na-tional Park as part of the spe-cies’ recovery program.
“While Regents are known to live in the wild for
up to 11 years, this is the fi rst time a captive-bred bird has been sighted fi ve years aft er release,” Mr Ingwersen said.
“He was two years of age when released into the wild, which means he is now seven.
“This particular bird has
not been seen since late 2015, so it appears he has been wandering the land-scape before being re-dis-covered and photographed in Gippsland.”
Coongulla resident, Ms McArthur, spotted it as an un-
usual species on her garden birdbath and took a series of pictures as defi nitive evi-dence of her remarkable fi nd.
Chiltern to Coongulla is approximately 190 kilome-tres as the ‘Regent’ fl ies.
According to Department
of Environment, Land, Wa-ter and Planning’s Glen Johnson, several Regents released into the wild at Chiltern have made their way across (or around) the Great Dividing Range to Gippsland.
“Regent Honeyeaters are known as “nomads” because of their ability to fl y large distances around south-east-ern Australia in search of nectar from fl owering trees and have been sighted hun-dreds of kilometres from their release site,” he said.
“It’s remarkable for a bird which weighs around 40 grams.
“This sighting is a positive sign for the species, which has become threatened due to a loss of woodland and com-petition with noisy miners.”
“We know that captive reared birds can survive well within the year of release and sightings like this prove this to be true, who knows how many young this bird may have reared in the wild?
“It also demonstrates that community awareness is critical.
“Members of the public play such an important role reporting sighting observa-tions and helping to piece together incredible stories of survival and movement.”
To report sightings, con-tact BirdLife Australia on 1800 621 056, with details in-cluding location, date, time, colour of leg band combina-tions, and photographs.
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