Join the flock: help protect threatened birds by becoming a citizen scientist

Birds play crucial roles in ecosystems, but many species in New South Wales face threats like habitat loss and predation. The Saving our Species program, supported by citizen scientists, works on conservation projects to protect these threatened birds.

Birds are a source of joy and wonder. Their songs start our day. They bring colour and flight and help rid our gardens of pests.

Birds play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, by pollinating plants, dispersing seeds and eating insects.

However, birds across New South Wales face many challenges, including habitat loss, predation by invasive mammals and competition with some common species of native birds.

Threatened species

In New South Wales alone, more than 150 bird species are threatened with extinction. These include the:

• critically endangered regent honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia)
• vulnerable glossy black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
• vulnerable superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii).

Saving our Species Program

The Saving our Species program works with partners on many bird conservation projects. This helps secure a future for these threatened species.

Your role as a citizen scientist

Citizen science plays a key role in delivering several of our threatened bird conservation projects. We need your help.

Our citizen scientists support scientific research and contribute to the knowledge underpinning our conservation work.