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This wild Orange-bellied Parrot is one of the rarest wild birds on earth. The current known wild population during my visit was about 25 (pre-breeding season, so it should go up a bit again). I travelled to Melaleuca, Tasmania, by light aircraft largely to get this photograph (and the female below).