Artificial intelligence called in for landmark study of critically endangered species on outback station

In a wildlife conservation first, artificial Intelligence technology and 24-hour surveillance will be used to monitor the plains-wanderer, a critically endangered bird, as well as threatened marsupial species like the kowari and bilby Key points: Australian Wildlife Conservancy is using camera surveillance to monitor the "last populations" of some endangered species in Queensland's outback Researchers are setting up 60 monitoring station across 637,000 hectares near Boulia The critically endangered plains-wanderer hasn't been seen at this property before Australian Wildlife Conservancy is setting up 60 monitoring sites at Coorabulka Station near Boulia in outback Queensland. one of six species next thought to go extinct in terms of the bird world," AWC regional ecologist Alexander Watson said. From March 2024, 60 of the small monitoring stations will be placed across Coorabulka Station to detect and monitor the threatened species with 24-hour cameras and audio surveillance. Dr Watson said unlike the bilby and kowari, the plains-wanderer has never been recorded on Coorabulka Station, but historical records suggest other properties around the channel country have hosted the critically endangered bird. "