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| Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart | Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart |
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| The gang-gang cockatoo, which is listed as vulnerable in the state of Victoria, is featured on the album | The gang-gang cockatoo, which is listed as vulnerable in the state of Victoria, is featured on the album |
| An album made up entirely of the tweets and squawks of endangered Australian birds has debuted in the top five of the country's Aria music charts. | An album made up entirely of the tweets and squawks of endangered Australian birds has debuted in the top five of the country's Aria music charts. |
| Songs of Disappearance is surpassing the likes of Abba and The Weeknd - not to mention Christmas favourites Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey. | |
| Created by BirdLife Australia, the album features the birdsongs of 53 of Australia's most threatened species. | Created by BirdLife Australia, the album features the birdsongs of 53 of Australia's most threatened species. |
| Some sounds took hours of waiting in the bush to record one short tweet. | Some sounds took hours of waiting in the bush to record one short tweet. |
| David Stewart, a wildlife sound recordist, has spent more than 30 years collecting often rarely heard sounds of Australia's wildlife. It is his bird recordings that have been used on the album. | David Stewart, a wildlife sound recordist, has spent more than 30 years collecting often rarely heard sounds of Australia's wildlife. It is his bird recordings that have been used on the album. |
| When it was released on 3 December, a social media campaign was launched to get the album into Australia's Aria music sales charts - and it worked. Songs of Disappearance has made history by becoming the first album of its kind to chart in the top five. | When it was released on 3 December, a social media campaign was launched to get the album into Australia's Aria music sales charts - and it worked. Songs of Disappearance has made history by becoming the first album of its kind to chart in the top five. |
| Proceeds from the sales will go towards BirdLife Australia's conservation projects. | Proceeds from the sales will go towards BirdLife Australia's conservation projects. |
| How has Australia's wildlife been affected by the bushfires? | How has Australia's wildlife been affected by the bushfires? |
| "This album is a very special record with some rare recordings of birds that may not survive if we don't come together to protect them," BirdLife Australia CEO Paul Sullivan told The Music Network. | "This album is a very special record with some rare recordings of birds that may not survive if we don't come together to protect them," BirdLife Australia CEO Paul Sullivan told The Music Network. |
| "While this campaign is fun, there's a serious side to what we're doing, and it's been heartening to see bird enthusiasts showing governments and businesses that Australians care about these important birds," he added. | "While this campaign is fun, there's a serious side to what we're doing, and it's been heartening to see bird enthusiasts showing governments and businesses that Australians care about these important birds," he added. |
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| One in six Australian birds are now threatened, according to a study by Charles Darwin University - that is, 216 out of 1,299 species. The study, which included input from more than 300 bird experts, found that climate change was pushing species closer to extinction. | |
| The massive bushfires of 2019 and 2020 devastated their habitat, and BirdLife Australia estimates that the number of threatened bird species has increased by as much as 25%. | |
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| Drones keep a close eye on Australia’s wildlife | Drones keep a close eye on Australia’s wildlife |