Australia’s red goshawk is disappearing. How can we save our rarest bird of prey from extinction?

2 Mar 2023
Red goshawk
Red goshawk. Image: Patrick Webster

Australia’s red goshawk once ruled the skies. But now this almighty raptor, affectionately known as The Red, has become our nation’s rarest bird of prey.

Concern for the species prompted our new research. We completed the first comprehensive population assessment of the red goshawk using a dataset of all known records (1978–2020). The results were even worse than expected.

Read the full story via The Conversation

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