The rare ‘Ringo Starr’ cockatoo is facing extinction within a decade unless immediate action is taken to protect its habitat in Cape York, Far North Queensland.
Researchers fear that Australia’s Largest Cockatoo could soon disappear because of low reproductive success and large-scale habitat loss due to mining and land clearing.
Professor Robert Heinsohn from the Australian National University says at this rate the birds will have a couple of decades before getting to the point of no return if we don’t act now.