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Tutururu or Polynesian Ground Dove (Pampusana erythroptera), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, Teneraro Atoll, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Decline is due to habitat loss and introduced species.

Extirpated from much of its range.

Approx. 100 - 120 individuals left.

Rat eradication projects are helping the species recover in some parts of its range.

Brown-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, Arizona, USA

Wedge-tailed Eagle, Exmouth WA

Lucifer Hummingbird (Calothorax lucifer), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Arizona, USA

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Thermal drone finds chicks before grass cutting

A bird protection charity has been using a thermal drone to find and protect chicks before farmers cut grass in their fields.

Eurasian Curlew or Common Curlew (Numenius arquata) 

Cumbria-based Curlew Recovery South Lakes said it had so far found six curlew nests using the drone, and a total of 32 nests overall. The birds are a red-listed endangered species in the UK and declining due to poor breeding success, the charity said. Farmer and charity volunteer George Taylor, from Crook, said: "If farmers think there may be a curlew nest or chicks in a field due to be cut, please contact us as soon as possible." Curlews lay their eggs in a nest on the ground known as a "scrape", according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. They incubate the eggs for about four weeks, then the hatched chicks spend a further four weeks with their parents until fledging.