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Artificial nests help Hong Kong’s rare cockatoos cope with a ‘housing crisis’

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Artificial nests help Hong Kong’s rare cockatoos cope with a ‘housing crisis’

In the urban landscape of Hong Kong, artificial nest boxes are providing shelter and research opportunities for one of the world’s most threatened parrot species. The yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) is critically endangered, with fewer than 2,000 individuals remaining across its native range in eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste. However, Hong Kong hosts roughly 200 wild […]

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