With a little help from its relatives: hybrid plan to save helmeted honeyeater from extinction

Only 230 of the sub-species remain in the wild, a population that will become unsustainable without interbreeding
• The Guardian Australia/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll will return in OctoberHybrid helmeted honeyeater introduced to save bird from extinction – video Researchers have introduced three dozen hybrid helmeted honeyeaters into the wild in an attempt to prevent the critically endangered bird from dying out because of inbreeding.On Friday, the juvenile birds were re