Our mysterious night parrot has terrible vision – but we discovered it might be able to hear like an owl
- Written by: Elen Shute, Researcher, Flinders University
One bird bucks the stereotype of Australia’s raucous parrots – the mysterious and critically endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Rather than flying around in noisy flocks or eating fruit in trees, the night parrot roosts all day in a clump of sharp spinifex grass. When darkness falls, it scurries about on the ground to...





















