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An orange-bellied parrot. Only 50 are known to still be left in the wild. Photograph: Minden Pictures/Alamy

Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary is helping to protect and restore the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot which is predicted to be extinct within five years.

With only 50 known to be left in the wild, a major breeding program aims to release up to 20 pairs of the migratory birds annually.