Aussie Finch Forum

A THREATENED Regent Honeyeater bird born in captivity - then lost for more than a year - has been found breeding in the wild.

The bird had evaded experts for 14 months before turning up in a nest with a wild mate in the Chiltern area of northeast Victoria recently.

From Herald Sun.

Good to see captive release programs can make a difference when "done right".

That's awesome

Ex Situ conservation programs work well, but they are powerless if you don't address the problems causing the species to decline. There has been alot of effort gone into replanting for Regent Honeyeaters, but the habitat fragmentation is phenomenal, and the distances between flowering trees can be too much for the birds.