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A female (top) and male
orange-bellied parrot
(
Neophema chrysogaster
), photographed in
Melaleuca, Tasmania
, Australia. First described by
John Latham
, this small parrot breeds only in
South West Tasmania
. Fewer than 50 individuals are known in the wild, and the species is considered
critically endangered
, though there is a captive breeding population.
Photograph:
JJ Harrison
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