Yellow Chat (Dawson)

Endcount, Yellow Chat, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 130 x 160 cm

The yellow chat (Dawson) is approximately 11 cm long and weighs about 9 g. Plumage of breeding males is mainly yellow.

This species is known only from Curtis Island, the Torilla Plain and Fitzroy River Delta in central Queensland.The total population size of the Yellow Chat (Dawson) is estimated at approximately 240 birds. However, the extinction of the population on Curtis Island, if confirmed, would reduce this to an estimated 200 birds due to habitat threats.

The Yellow Chat is listed as critically endangered by the EPBC Act in Australia.

Southern Cassowary

Endcount, Southern Cassowary, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm

The southern cassowary is one of Australia's most imposing birds – large, colourful, and flightless.

The southern cassowary is the third tallest and second heaviest living bird after the ostrich and emu. It is found only in the dense tropical rainforests of north-east Queensland, also in Papua New Guinea and some surrounding islands.Continuing clearing and fragmentation of rainforest, and increased mortality from cars and dogs have reduced cassowary numbers to perhaps as few as 2,200, threatening the species with extinction.

Western Ground Parrot

Endcount, Western Ground Parrot, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 160 x 109 cm, $5,000

The Western Ground Parrot is a medium-sized parrot with a long tail, bright-green plumage. There is a narrow bright-red band above its beak.

They occur in Fitzgerald River National Park and Cape Arid National Park, and nearby parts of Nuytsland Nature Reserve, in Western Australia.

An estimated 140 western ground parrots remain in the wild and is listed as Critically Endangered by EPBC Act.

The decline of the Western Ground Parrot can be attributed to the loss of habitat. With so little habitat left other threats such as predation by the European fox and feral cat and inappropriate fire regimes are vitally important to manage to maintain and recover the few remaining birds.

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Golden-shouldered Parrot

Endcount, Golden Parrot, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 140 x 100 cm

The Golden-Shouldered parrot is endemic to southern and central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.Like most parrots it is brilliantly coloured, especially the male which is primarily turquoise with a salmon pink belly and bronze wings boasting a streak of bright yellow.

There are an estimated 3,750 breeding birds in the wild. This species is listed as Endangered as it has a very small, decreasing range, within which changes in the burning regime and the introduction of cattle to the region have resulted in a long-term population decline.

Swift Parrot

Endcount, Swift Parrot, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 140 x 164 cm

The swift parrot only breeds in Tasmania and migrate north to mainland Australia. Habitat loss and alteration are contributing to its decline.  Its blue gum habitat is mostly on unprotected land and is disappearing.

There are an estimated 2,000 birds remaining in the wild. 

The swift parrot is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.

Long-billed Black-cockatoo 2

Endcount, Long-Billed Black Cockatoo 1, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 150 x 105 cm, $4,500 SOLD

Long-billed Black-cockatoo is a large bird found in south-west Australia.

This cockatoo mainly feeds high in the forest canopy on the seeds of marri and that its penchant for commercial fruit crops can prove deadly.

Its decline is primarily due to land clearing for agriculture and deforestation, some orchardists illegally shoot birds found raiding their crops.

There are approximately 10,000 - 15,000 birds in the wild. However only 10% of these are breeding adults putting the estimated population at only 1,500 birds.

The Long-billed Black-cockatoo is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

Orange Bellied Parrot

Endcount, Orange-Bellied Parrot, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 160 x 140 cm

The orange-bellied parrot is a parrot endemic to southern Australia.

The birds have blue frontal bands and outer wing feathers. Males have bright grass green upperparts, and an orange belly. Females are duller green in colour.

They migrate between the Australian mainland and Tasmania, spending summer breeding in Tasmania and winter in coastal Victoria and South Australia. Orange-bellied Parrots nest in hollows of eucalypt trees near button grass plains in south-west Tasmania. Sadly, the OBP is one of Australia's most threatened species, with an estimate of 40 parrots thought to exist in the wild today and is listed as Critically Endangered by IUCN.

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King Island Scrubtit

Endcount, Scrubtit, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 110 x 130 cm

The critically endangered King Island Scrubtit is an active, small brown bird, 11-12 cm long, and is confined to King Island in the Bass Strait.

The estimated wild population is less than 200 breeding birds and is declining due to fire, habitat loss.

The King Island Scrubtit is listed as critically endangered by the EPBC Act in Australia.

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Long-billed Black-cockatoo

Endcount, Long-Billed Black Cockatoo 2, 2016, Digital print & acrylic on canvas, 100 x 84 cm

Long-billed Black-cockatoo is a large bird found in south-west Australia.

This cockatoo mainly feeds high in the forest canopy on the seeds of marri and that its penchant for commercial fruit crops can prove deadly.

Its decline is primarily due to land clearing for agriculture and deforestation, some orchardists illegally shoot birds found raiding their crops.

There are approximately 10,000 - 15,000 birds in the wild. However only 10% of these are breeding adults putting the estimated population at only 1,500 birds.

The Long-billed Black-cockatoo is listed as endangered by the IUCN.