Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs

Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild

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Scientists have rescued the lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater – one of Australia’s rarest birds.

Regent honeyeaters were once seen in vast flocks across south-eastern Australia, with a distribution that ranged from Queensland to Kangaroo Island in South Australia.