Assessing feasibility and identifying constraints that affect project implementation is a crucial step for planning long‐term species recovery actions for field‐based programs. We report on the outcomes of a conservation intervention on the most endangered parrot in the world, the Orange‐bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster). We aimed to trial new techniques to increase reproductive success of wild nests and address key knowledge gaps. We aimed to achieve higher reproductive success using (i) intervention – where fertile eggs or nestlings would be fostered from captivity to wild nests that suffered infertility or had small brood sizes and (ii) rescue – where wild‐born nestlings would be removed from nests if they were ailing and either fostered to another nest or hand reared to improve their survival. Our project provided proof of principle that it is possible to implement intensive, individual‐level monitoring and intervention (via fostering of nestlings to infertile nests) to address reproductive problems for the Orange‐bellied Parrot. However, we also found important factors that hindered our ability to achieve project aims (management of biosecurity), and identified unexpected factors that have important implications for future application of these techniques (nest abandonment from video camera deployment, rapid death of unhealthy nestlings hindering rescue attempts). Our project tested techniques and tools to provide new approaches for fighting extinction of the Orange‐bellied Parrot, and yielded important new information about the species ecology and management options.

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评价旨在改善橙腹鹦鹉Neophema chrysogaster繁殖成功的干预措施：经验教训，障碍和成功

评估可行性并确定影响项目实施的限制条件，对于规划基于野外计划的长期物种恢复行动至关重要。我们报告了对世界上最濒危的鹦鹉橙腹鹦鹉（Neophema chrysogaster）。我们旨在试用新技术，以提高野生燕窝的繁殖成功率并解决关键的知识空白。我们的目标是通过（i）干预（将可育的卵或雏鸟从人工圈养到遭受不育或繁殖力小的野巢中）和（ii）营救（将野生的雏鸟从巢中取出）来获得更高的繁殖成功率如果它们生病了，要么被养到另一个巢中，要么被人工饲养以提高生存率。我们的项目提供了原则上的证明，即可以实施密集的，个人级别的监视和干预（通过将雏鸟饲养到不育的巢中）来解决橙腹鹦鹉的繁殖问题。但是，我们还发现了一些重要因素，这些因素阻碍了我们实现项目目标的能力（生物安全管理），并确定了对这些技术的未来应用有重要影响的不可预见的因素（从摄像机部署中放弃使用巢穴，不健康的雏鸟迅速死亡阻碍了救援工作）。我们的项目测试了技术和工具，以提供新的方法来扑灭橙腹鹦鹉的灭绝，并获得了有关物种生态和管理选择的重要新信息。