Photo: Trent Browning

Critically Endangered, the Helmeted Honeyeater remains in only two small wild populations in remnant streamside swamp forest east of Melbourne. Since 1989, a recovery team has made intensive efforts to secure these populations and since 1991, Zoos Victoria staff and other dedicated team members have worked to maintain a captive colony and instigate a release program. With initial releases successfully establishing a wild colony, further action and research will take place to secure and increase the population.