Slags3 chicks fledged this week taking the worldwide total to 17 birds! A rare breed!
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Could be on the menu Christmas Day if the turkeys don't materialise.They look tasty. Have you tried one?
17 is apparently the number actually counted. They found 5 new ones last year, the most new ones at once, so there probably are more hidden away in the bush.They reckon they could be a few more in Rio, but no one can be certain.
The article below (2reckons there are only 200 of them left. Still nothing when you think about how many there would have been before the cast deforestation in Brazil.
The second article estimates between 39 - 200 birds left.
COP26 brings an unprecedented global pledge to halt deforestation – one which must succeed
Today over 100 global leaders, representing 85% of the world’s forests, made a welcome new commitment at the COP26 climate summit to reverse deforestation by 2030. While this isn’t the first such…www.birdlife.org
So they're a bit like Watford then, always on the lookout for a new tanager. I'll get me coat.17 is apparently the number actually counted. They found 5 new ones last year, the most new ones at once, so there probably are more hidden away in the bush.
Mind the gap as you go out.So they're a bit like Watford then, always on the lookout for a new tanager. I'll get me coat.