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Regent Honeyeater

Once found inland of the Great Dividing Range from Brisbane to Adelaide, the Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza Phrygia) is no longer found in South Australia. Its natural range has been reduced and is now confined to a stretch between north-east Victoria and south-east Queensland. Reduction in its natural habitat has been brought about largely through land clearing to allow for increased agricultural and residential development. A national captive breeding effort is underway and Zoos SA is preparing the artificial incubation and hand-rearing component of the husbandry manual because of the specialist expertise of the Adelaide Zoo Bird Department.






Other Conservation Projects

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby

In 1996 Zoos SA contributed to a partnership that reintroduced a population of Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies into Aroona Sanctuary.

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Pygmy Bluetongue Lizard

Zoos SA is trialling captive breeding and release for the species.

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Orange-bellied Parrot

Orange-bellied Parrot

Zoos SA plays a key role in the recovery of this species through captive breeding at Adelaide Zoo.

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Western Swamp Tortoise

Western Swamp Tortoise

Adelaide Zoo received its first Western Swamp Tortoises in 2003 and had its first successful hatchlings in 2012.

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About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction. Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging. We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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