Dr Sally Bryant

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About Sally

Renowned wildlife scientist Dr Sally Bryant worked in the field for over 30 years, including with the Tas. Government and Tas. Land Conservancy. A specialist in threatened species and ecology, a key focus is the critically endangered forty-spotted pardalote.

Background

Dr Sally Bryant has a lifelong love of animals, nature and conservation and is an expert in the field. After graduating from UTAS, Sally worked as a wildlife scientist for more than 30 years with the Tasmanian Government and the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, managing their threatened species and science programs.

Her work spans theoretical to applied conservation science and she is a specialist in threatened bird recovery and ecological monitoring. She is currently focused on the tiny and critically-endangered Tasmanian bird, the forty-spotted pardalote.

Sally has authored and co-authored many journal papers, chapters, technical reports, books and articles on conservation issues, including for the Royal Society. She is also:

- an Adjunct Lecturer at UTAS

- on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ecological Management & Restoration

- a Research Fellow with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy

- the resident wildlife talkback expert on ABC Radio, in a segment running in Tasmania since 1999!


Articles by Sally

Dr Sally Bryant

Communicating the plight of the pardalote

We have been talking about the pardalote for a long time, but the story just gets more exciting and more interesting the more information we gather, w...
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Dr Sally Bryant: a lifetime in the field

You can never replace looking into the eyes of a little pademelon or something in the pouch, or holding a devil or hearing their noise at night, write...
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White gum manna bryant

Farmer of the white gums

The forty-spotted pardalote is one of Australia's most endangered birds and is only found in tiny pockets of white gum woodland on Tasmania's east coa...
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Dan Broun Ground Parrot

The nature of sound and the elusive ground parrot

The ground parrot is one of only three ground-dwelling parrots in the world, says wildlife ecologist Dr Sally Bryant. It is a fantastic species about ...
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Forty Spotted Profile Kim Murray

Saving the forty-spotted pardalote

I can't let this species go. I can't not do everything within my capacity, says Dr Sally Bryant, talking about the plight of the critically-endangered...
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40 spot looking alert Kim Murray

The legacy of the Denne family

This is the story about the impact that one family, the Denne family, has had for the conservation and future of the forty-spotted pardalote. Picture:...
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Threatened species: don't wait, act now

Threatened species is a very tough gig. You are working with species, plants and animals that are very much at the edge of their conservation life. It...
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Forty Spotted Pardalote on Bruny Island Kim Murray

The tiny and tenacious 'forty-spot'

The forty-spot is such a special bird and Tasmania really needs to embrace this little gem, writes Dr Sally Bryant. This little bird is quintessential...
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