The Regent Honeyeater, a bird recently thought to be ‘one step from extinction’ has been sighted three times in recent weeks.
The birds numbers have been reduced to 400 nationwide as the natives bird’s natural habitat is dwindling as development encroaches on its habitat.
Birdlife Australia’s Dean Ingwersen says the bird has not been sighted in Queensland for over 50 years and is extinct in South Australia and Western Victoria.