Neil the seal - what a unit! 👑

Immediately stop what you’re doing and watch this video of stone curlews

hey twitter margaret kudelka and a bunch of @kudelka.bsky.social’s family and friends are doing dry july, raising money for canteen who do incredible work supporting young people affected by cancer. if you have a few spare bucks you should chuck them here: www.dryjuly.com/users/margar...

A delicate and mysterious denizen of the highest canopy, almost otherworldly in the hand. Meant to be glanced only briefly… backlit and cryptic against the sky blue. An immense privilege to breathe the same air, if only for a moment. 🩵

Check out this extensive lit review of Superb Parrot in Birds of the World. Thanks to Dejan Stojanovic and team for their focus on this great species from Down Under.

We published a new literature review of superb parrots in @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social Have a read and learn about what I think is my favourite bird 💚 birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

Two king parrots eating elm seeds - fantastic birds ❤️💚

This reminds me of the time i watched two lesbian galahs have sex literally for 30 mins while a male sat nearby and watched. Happy pink polycule 🤣

Three Lions #England #WorldCup 🏳️‍🌈⚽

stumbling upon happy king parrots just quietly hanging out eating weeds 🥲

No words 😶 (Golden-hooded Tanager)

Superb parrots bring me so much joy - perfection just chilling out eating weeds in a city soccer field 😍

Baby gang-gangs are too much ❤️

Canberra is holding its annual poultry show this weekend and it’s bloody fantastic

More than 400 scientists, young people, Indigenous leaders, and conservation experts have written collectively to @albomp.bsky.social and @jimchalmers.bsky.social, pleading for adequate $ to protect and restore nature biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/scienti... - @biodivcouncil.bsky.social

Today was world parrot day! Check out this short king bringing lunch for his girlfriend 😍 budgies are not a threatened species, but they’re one of the most iconic parrots in the world. For most people, budgies are the first parrot they ever meet; perfect gateway to loving birds 😍

It’s that time of year again!

We just published a new piece on the blue-winged parrot! One of our least studied difficult birds. Some light Saturday reading with a cup of tea birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

Oh look, yet *more* evidence that markets are highly unlikely to be the great saviours for nature conservation that the corporate cheerleaders suggest they are! I'm shocked, shocked I tell ya! biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/could-e...

Back when we were doing crowdfunding for parrots my mate Jana helped by giving us donations and donor prizes - now she’s doing a crowd fund! Help her build SE London's coolest stationery store Check it out: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/extra-the-...

I have not seen environment at all in budget coverage - does it exist??

Each week, we release 4-12 newly updated accounts, from species all over the world. Many thanks to all the authors and media contributors who make this possible! If you're reading this and you're an author, click LIKE so we can follow you!

Another black-shouldered kite pic. Yesterday at Auburn, Clare Valley.

Very important article and read academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Want some fun weekend reading? here’s something we wrote!!

Orange-bellied Parrot is a small (~45 g) parrot endemic to southeastern Australia. Unusually for a parrot, this species is an obligate migrant, breeding in remote southwestern Tasmania and spending the nonbreeding season on the coast of the Australian mainland. birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

Omg today our research group passed 100 research papers published on Australia’s most difficult birds! You can read them all free here: www.difficultbirds.com/research-out...

Well, I guess this is my first ever piece of breaking news - probably the biggest rare plant story in Australia this year. Over at @tasinquirer.bsky.social. tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/very-ex...

ANU's financial crisis overstated, job cuts unnecessary 👀 region.com.au/anus-125m-bu...

#kakapo Esperance with chick Elsie-A2-2026 on Whenua Hou. At a month old the chicks start to get coloured feathers and males will weigh around 1kg - not far off the mother's weight. But she's still less than halfway through raising them in the nest! #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #wildlife

As Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social writes, the rapid unplanned disassembly of ANU has been disturbing. And, yes, occasionally even funny. www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/14/a...

what a cluster, in other words

🚨Exposed: A major Bunnings timber supplier has been linked to logging in critically endangered swift parrot habitat 🦜 #Bunnings claims it’s committed to Responsible Timber Sourcing, yet this revelation could mean what’s on the shelves is timber made of critical habitat for the #swiftparrot. #wildoz

@paleodnaunizar.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @acadresearch.bsky.social @kingsforensics.bsky.social @natcomms.nature.com

On the ground in Tanimbar! 🦜 Alongside our local team & the wildlife police, we’re surveying locally captured parrots kept as pets. Testing these birds for diseases is a vital part of our research programme, helping to safeguard both people and wild parrot populations. 🌿🇮🇩

Lots of things going on but here's another story published today www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It is great to be back in the Moluccas, Indonesia, this time conducting a research project on parrots, genetics, and the wildlife trade. I’m grateful for all my local collaborators and the funders (ARC and Fundación Loro Parque) to make this investigation a reality. @arc-gov-au.bsky.social

On Friday @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social published our literature review on orange-bellied parrots! Everything you wanted to know about these adorable bird; plus, some very cute videos I’ve accumulated over the years 😍 Free to read! birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

In nice news, we recently published a literature review for swift parrots with @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social read all about everything you ever wanted to know about swift parrots for free 💚 birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...

🚨NEW SCIENCE ALERT!🚨Read our new, open-access publication in Scientific Reports (@nature.com) describing #biofluorescence in #cassowary casques! Very excited to unveil this after keeping it secret for 5 years⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... NYITCOM @akiopteryx.bsky.social @jonathanberman.bsky.social

Superb parrots are simply gorgeous

This brood of blue-winged parrots are all tucked up in a hollow fence post - when the nest is right it doesn’t necessarily matter to them if it’s not in a tree 🤷‍♂️😍

The need to preserve animal culture in conservation efforts. 🪶 Gift link.

Watch this cool video about my mate George’s new research! It’s nice seeing in full something I’d heard about in snippets for a long time. Such cool work

Parrots, ancient DNA, and a long trek across the Andes! 🦜🧬🏔️ Check out the video summary for our latest @natcomms.nature.com paper by @wildlifemessengers.org. We discovered pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots from the rainforest to the Pacific coast: youtu.be/Vb5eoTaGLO0

Huge thanks to Prof. Izumi Shimada and my amazing co-authors for this incredible cross-disciplinary journey fusing #ecology, #genomics, and #archaeology. @paleodnaunizar.bsky.social @dnatimetravel.bsky.social @acadresearch.bsky.social @anufennerschool.bsky.social @kingsforensics.bsky.social

Isotopes showed the birds survived the trade and lived on the coast, eating a diet of maize (possibly fertilised by seabird guano). 🌽🌊 This proves pre-Inca regional states managed vast, complex trade networks centuries before the Inca Empire.

🧬 Using ancient DNA and stable isotopes from 600–1,000-year-old feathers found at Pachacamac, Peru, we found these birds were possibly wild-caught in the rainforest and carried over 500 km across 3,000-metre mountain passes. 🏔️ A great logistical feat in pre-Inca cultures!

🦜🏔️ How did vibrant Amazonian parrot feathers end up in a desert tomb on the Pacific coast of Peru 1,000 years ago? Our new paper on @natcomms.nature.com reveals they didn't just trade feathers, pre-Inca societies transported live macaws and parrots across the Andes!👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New paper out in ecology letters! with @andylee.bsky.social @allydefduf.bsky.social We synthesized the active debate on how scientists define sex, including limitations and assumptions. We believe this discussion will lead to more accurate science. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...