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Regent honeyeater
Nobody knows
Last estimate 200 to 400, no date given
Estimate, with range
Anthochaera phrygia
South-eastern Australia, mainly New South Wales
Estimate published by NSW Local Land Services on 23 June 2026; the source gives no count date.
The latest figure for the regent honeyeater is about 200 to 400 birds in the wild, an estimate with a range, released 23 June 2026 by NSW Local Land Services; the source gives no date for the count (checked 12 November 2026).
Nobody knows exactly: NSW Local Land Services puts the wild regent honeyeater at about 200 to 400, with no date for the count.
How it was counted
The number is an estimate with a range, 200 at the low end and 400 at the high end, not a count of every bird. It is given in birds (not pairs, nests or area) and covers the whole wild population of the species.
This is an estimate with a range, not a head count: the true number of wild birds could sit anywhere from 200 to 400.
What moves it
NSW Local Land Services names these pressures: clearing and fragmentation of woodland; competitors such as noisy miners; predators such as possums, currawongs and ravens; bushfires that destroy habitat and birds; reduced genetic diversity; and climate change.
- clearing and fragmentation of woodland.
land clearing, fragmented or modified landscapes in critical habitat areas
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project). - competitor species such as noisy miners.
competitor species such as noisy miners
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project). - predators such as possums, currawongs and ravens.
predator species such as possums, currawongs and ravens
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project). - bushfires destroying critical habitat and birds.
bushfires destroying critical habitat and population numbers
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project). - reduced genetic diversity.
reduction of genetic diversity
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project). - climate change.
climate change
Source: NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project).
Who is helping
Local Land Services, with Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council, Taronga Conservation Society Australia, BirdLife Australia and NSW government partners, supported a release of captive-bred regent honeyeaters at Tomalpin woodlands. Central Tablelands Local Land Services planted regent honeyeater habitat trees and shrubs in the Capertee Valley and at Glen Davis.
The next count
No date is known for the next count: releases are irregular.
Sources
- NSW Government, Local Land Services (Natural Heritage Trust project) Last checked 12 November 2026.
What changed
- 12 November 2026 Added to Live Species, nobody knows: 200 to 400 (Estimate, with range).
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