- The night parrot, a critically endangered Australian bird and one of the rarest species in the world, might have been saved from extinction by dingoes. Dingoes in the area hunt and eat feral cats, who are the parrot's main predators. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-and-elusive-australian-bird-once-thought-extinct-for-100-years-discovered-by-indigenous-rangers-and-scientists-180985143/ 56 comments science