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For The First Time In 40 Years, This Previously Extinct Bird Has Laid Eggs In The Wild
A brightly colored bird that has been extinct in the wild for almost 40 years has been introduced on a new island in the ...
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Biologists Rejoice as Extremely Rare Guam Kingfishers Lay Their First Wild Eggs in Nearly 40 Years
The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction ...
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Extinct bird may be making a comeback with Cincinnati Zoo's help
The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in Guam, but thanks to the help of a handful of zoos, including Cincinnati's, there's ...
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Endangered bird species lays eggs in the wild, the 1st in almost 40 years
The Sihek is among the most endangered bird species in the world. Conservationists hope to release more Siheks into the wild ...
This week's collection of Sightings
Jennifer is right, this belted kingfisher is a male. In the case of this species and a few others in North America (example, ...
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Blaze of Blue
It can plummet, strike, and wing back to ... Across the kingfisher's range, wherever rivers are healthy, fish will swim. And where the fish go, the flashy little bird with the sassy whistle ...
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Micronesian Kingfisher
The Micronesian kingfisher is native to Guam, where it thrived until the brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the island. The snake made easy prey of many species of birds which were ...