Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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In the 1980s, Guam’s kingfisher vanished from the wild after invasive snakes devastated the island’s birds: The last 29 were rescued and four new chicks are now helping rebuild the species |

Science July 16, 2026

The Guam Kingfisher is known as the “sihek” in Chamorro, the native language of the Marianas Archipelago and is the…