Stephen GarnettCharles Darwin University Scientists Re-Counted Australia's Extinct Species. And the Result Is Devastating In the most comprehensive assessment of its kind, researchers find that 100 endemic Australian species living in 1788 are now extinct. Australian Endangered Species: Orange-Bellied Parrot (Op-Ed) Opinion Critically endangered, and with fewer than 50 left in the wild, it is justifiably one of Australia’s most well-known endangered species. By Stephen Garnett Published 4 December 13 Opinion