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A small, colourful bird feasts on a seed pod while perching on a blade of grass.

An aerial shot of farmland in the outback.

A sign on a tree reads "conservation buffer area, no entry" with bush in the background.

"I'm worried this is an early sign of what's called a micro-extinction, when a species once known from an area disappears because conditions have worsened."

A colourful bird in tall grass.

Small, colourful birds feasting on stalks of grass.

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