Night parrot finding in Australia not backed up by evidence

An Australian conservation group has been forced to retract published research on the discovery of an endangered bird.

In 2017, ecologist John Young claimed to have found traces of the night parrot, one of the world's rarest birds, in the state of South Australia.

His findings were published by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).

But last year the evidence was called into question by other scientists.

On Friday, AWC - one of the largest conservation organisations in Australia - said it would retract his published research, after a probe found flaws.

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