The breeding season for the critically endangered plains-wanderer has been the best ever with a total of 17 new chicks born late last year at Taronga Western Plains Zoo's purpose-built plains-wanderer breeding facility.
The tiny plains-wanderer, only about 12–15cm tall and weighing from 40 to 95 grams, is the last surviving member of an otherwise-extinct bird family (Pedionomidae, genus Pediono...
