Australia's official coronation gift to help save rare parrot

Bird lovers in Australia have a big reason to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III, with the federal government's official gift helping a charity working to save a rare parrot.

The $10,000 donation in the monarch's name announced today will help the Friends of the Western Ground Parrot group, in Western Australia, in its conservation efforts.

The endangered bird is found in the remote Cape Arid National Park and Nuytsland Nature Reserve, to the east of Esperance, in southern WA.

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It is estimated that there are only 150 Western Ground Parrots remaining.

Recent bushfires have impacted their known habitat which has threatened the parrots' last wild population.

The Friends of the Western Ground Parrot group was set up in 2003 to raise funds for recovery and awareness projects, including monitoring and efforts to create a secure second wild population.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the official coronation gift today after he arrived in London to attend the coronation on Saturday.

"His Majesty King Charles III has long championed conservation and sustainability, so I am pleased to mark his coronation with a national contribution to the conservation of the Western Ground Parrot," he said.

"Known as Kyloring by the Noongar people, the Western Ground Parrot is listed as critically endangered.

"This contribution will complement other conservation efforts underway to protect the Kyloring."

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