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: 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, writes acclaimed Tasmanian wildlife scientist Dr Sally Bryant. There's nothing that will ever replace those natural connections.
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 coast. Ecologically, it's probably one of the most remarkable birds on the planet, says wildlife ecologist Dr Sally Bryant. That's because it farms its own food.
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 which she knew little when she started a two-year project to assess its conservation status. That project taught her about sound.