WAILUKU – Nine extinct-in-the wild sihek (also known as Guam kingfishers) arrived at their new home at The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) preserve and research station at Palmyra Atoll, 1,000 ...

The aviary announced this week that its breeding center hatched a Guam kingfisher chick from parents Kel and Yomuk. Three ...

The Maui News WAILUKU—Six sihek (Guam kingfisher) are now officially living in the wild in the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll. This release marks the first time since the 1980’s these ...

"Confirming more seabirds returning is a validating sign for the management actions we’ve taken since purchasing the atoll in 2000,” says Katie Franklin, Palmyra Island Conservation Strategy Lead.

"As our beloved sihek – Guam's kingfisher – journey to Palmyra Atoll, I feel their resilience reflecting our own," Topasna said. "But their true home is Guam, just as it is ours.

Far from the zoos where they were raised, the sihek’s home is now within the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific Ocean approximately 3,600 miles southeast from Guam.

Plans are underway for more young Sihek to be released at Palmyra Atoll this summer. “The short-term goal is to establish a fully self-sustaining Sihek population on Palmyra Atoll,” said Owen.

Image Credit: NASA Waters and submerged lands up to 12 nautical miles (14 miles/22 kilometers) from the atoll are part of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. And areas up to about 50 ...

What's next: More Siheks will be released at Palmyra Atoll this summer, according to the conservancy. The goal is to establish 10 breeding pairs to help grow the wild Sihek population.

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The Palmyra Atoll has no indigenous population, making it ideal for scientific research. Those who work there live in rustic conditions amid what comes close to being the ideal tropical paradise.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announces that artificial intelligence (AI) powered imagery analysis detected two more seabird species at Palmyra Atoll ( ...