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Tracey Ferrier

Clearing halted amid fears for endangered regent honeyeater

Australia's population of critically endangered regent honeyeaters is estimated at 250 to 350 birds. Photo: AAP/Taronga Conservation Society

Land clearing has been halted on a New South Wales property amid concerns it may have harmed an important breeding area for one of Australia’s rarest birds.

The regent honeyeater is critically endangered, with so few left that 50 zoo-bred birds were released in the Hunter Valley last year in a bid to give the species a leg up.

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