The status of the endangered finch that is delaying the Adani Coal mine is widely unknown according to researchers.
Researchers have reviewed contemporary studies on the black-throated finch and have found that there is an immense lack of information on the population, location and migration on the birds making any viable management strategy mute.
Researchers, including experts from the CSIRO and three Australian universities, say the current partial understanding of many aspects of the (finch's) ecology could lead to inefficient allocation of resources, or even result in perverse conservation outcomes.