Rocket launches pose extinction-level threat to SA’s tiny southern emu wren, conservationists warn

The southern emu wren, one of Australia’s smallest birds, is under threat from rocket launches on the Eyre Peninsula, conservationists say. Photograph: Dion Thompson

A tiny southern emu wren, which conservationists fear is under threat from rocket launches, could be listed as endangered within days.

Conservationists say planned rocket launches on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia pose an extinction-level threat to the wren, one of Australia’s smallest birds.