Release of rare honeyeaters in NSW

NSW's wild population of rare regent honeyeaters gets a boost from the release of zoo-bred birds. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The wild population of one of Australia's rarest birds is being boosted this week with the release of 50 zoo-bred regent honeyeaters in the Lower Hunter Valley.

NSW Environment Minister James Griffin said the release on Wonnarua Country was the second large-scale release of the endangered honeyeaters undertaken in NSW.