An audio recording of one of the world’s most elusive birds has sparked a race against time to find and protect a rare population of the critically endangered night parrot.Ecologist Steve Murphy said after searching for the bird for years, he was pretty excited to hear their distinct “dink, dink” call.”It was high-fives all around … we finally found it,” he told AAP.The night parrot is a nocturnal desert creature that has gained legendary status as arid Australia’s “ghost bird”. Conservation Partners had been searching for the bird in western Queensland for 10 years using acoustic recorders.
