In the bird-less forests of Guam, however, fruits ripen, fall off of the tree and settle at tree bases without being eaten or moved by birds. Unfortunately, our results do not bode well for the ...

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While the adventurous journey of nine young wild sihek or Guam kingfishers on Palmyra Atoll has rightly captured our ...

The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in Guam, but thanks to the help of a handful of zoos, ... There's hope for a rare bird that's been extinct in the wild for 40 years.

Since the U.S. territory is still overrun with brown tree snakes, an invasive species responsible for the bird's extinction in the wild, the Guam kingfisher was released at The Nature Conservancy ...

"The birds we rear and release are not only surviving, but they're also displaying normal social behavior." Researchers ...

The Sihek (Guam kingfisher) was extinct in the wild for 40 years. Now, the rare birds are being reintroduced into the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll thanks to the Sihek Recovery Program.

Sihek, as the birds are known by the indigenous CHamoru people of Guam, were decimated when the brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the islands in the 1940s, zoo officials say.

The Guam Kingfisher (also known as the Guam Sihek) hasn't been spotted in the wild since 1988, nearly 40 years ago. All 141 known living specimen of the bird are raised in human care.

The last wild Shiek was seen in 1988, with 29 Shiek under human care by biologists in Guam. The birds were relocated to Palmyra Atoll because the island is largely predator-free and is fully ...

The Guam kingfisher, or Sihek in CHamoru, is an iconic species of Guam, but can no longer be found there. Pictured here are Hinanao and his mate, Tutuhan, who came from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical ...