A Spix’s #macaw perches in a tree in a breeding facility in Curaçá, eastern #Brazil. The species is clinging to life: declared #extinct in the wild, it now mainly persists in protected habitats, although Brazil hopes to re-establish a wild population before long.

Photograph: André Penner/AP

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A fluffy #peregrine falcon chick is tagged by wildlife officials in Newburyport, Massachusetts, US. Fifty years ago the birds were nearly extinct in the state, but now there are at least 45 pairs. Six peregrine nests can be observed on webcams

Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

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One of two baby black-and-white ruffed #lemur pups at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park, near Stirling, Scotland. The critically #endangered lemur pups, both female, were born on 14 April. They have been named Nova, meaning “new”, and Evie, meaning “life”

Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

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