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Back to homepage / Live news Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight from Australia to PNG. Sydney (AFP) – A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between ...

But the plumed egrets all migrated north, and one was tracked flying almost 2,400 kilometres (1,490 miles) over several months before settling near the town of Kalo, southeast of Port Moresby.

Australian researchers used GPS to follow eight plumed egrets and 10 great egrets over a period of months, after the birds left the Macquarie Marshes in New South Wales. Federico PARRA.