RARES Group

Hello, we're a research group specialising in some of Australia's most poorly known threatened species. If you're into #science, #conservation, #wildlife, and especially #birds then perhaps give us a follow! Or learn more here - raresgroup.com.au Thank you!

Uncomfortable truths about black throated finch conservation from @april_reside at #AOC2023

Great talk by Nigel Jackett on the elusive Northern Masked Owl. Stunning slide showing all of Australia’s masked owls together. #AOC2023

Buttonquail time! Patrick Webster from @RaresGroup on the buff-breasted button-quail… the only Aussie bird never photographed and with (currently) no known population. 🤔

How can we avoid misclassification mistakes for rare birds? Nick Leseberg w/ the @RaresGroup AOC2023 #wildoz

Finding the elusive buff-breasted button-quail relies on essential museum archives #australianbirds #threatenedspecies #conservation abc.net.au/news/2023-08-2…

More important work by RARES scientists, this time by the indefatigable Nick Leseberg- Establishing effective conservation management strategies for a poorly known endangered species: a case study using Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@Turnix_PWebster continues to debunk contemporary BBBQ records: Unravelling the mystery of the Mt Mulligan ‘mystery call’: analysis of a reported record of a Buff-breasted Button-quail vocalisation suggests misidentification with Painted Button-quail absa.asn.au/corella_docume…

Have you seen The Red? Australia's red goshawk once ruled the skies. But now this almighty raptor has become our nation's rarest bird of prey. @cmaccoll @UQscience writes @ConversationEDU about the first comprehensive population assessment. theconversation.com/australias-red…

Please read these important, though startling, results from @CMacColl comprehensive population assessment of the Red Goshawk, Australia's rarest raptor #threatenedspecies #conservation #WildOz #Australianbirds #Extinction #raptorresearch

Thanks to the persistence of RARES researcher @Turnix_PWebster, we are happy (though actually sad) to report that the Queensland Government has now accepted our submission for the conservation status of the Buff-breasted Button-quail to be uplisted to Critically Endangered.

Tireless field work by Pat Webster finds Painted Button-quail are actually distributed throughout southern and central Cape York.... at least! See article here - birdlife.org.au/afo/index.php/…

Applications close 31 August 2022, and the preferred start date is 1 January 2023. For more info contact Nick Leseberg: n.leseberg@uq.edu.au or Daniella Teixeira: d.teixeira@qut.edu.au

The student will be part of a team of land managers and researchers who are collaborating to improve conservation outcomes for the plains wanderer in Queensland and will work together with the First Nations peoples of western Queensland.

PhD opportunity in the RARES Group working on the most evolutionary distinct and globally endangered (EDGE) bird in the world, the plains wanderer! A thread: edgeofexistence.org/species/specie…

New paper out by the RARES team! Critically important work to better manage the threat of feral cat predation on one of Australia's most endangered birds, the Night Parrot #conservation #threatenedspecies #nightparrot publish.csiro.au/WR/WR21123

New paper out by RARES scientist Patrick Webster explaining why his study species the Buff-breasted Button-quail hasnt been reliably seen for 100 years!! #BuffbreastedButtonquail tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Two very happy fellows who have just found their second #RedGoshawk nest in three days! For context, I didn't find one in the first 3 years of my PhD!

Watch this fun 3 minute skit our fearless leader @cyclonewatson shot for the ABC program Behind The News discussing the Threatened Species app abc.net.au/btn/classroom/…