The Guam Visitors Bureau’s signature ko’ko races return with an even bigger goal of raising awareness about the island’s ...

so named to raise awareness of the plight of Guam’s territorial bird, the Guam rail or commonly known as the Ko’ko’. A flightless bird endemic to Guam, the ko’ko’ population was ...

The Guam Ko’ko’ Half Marathon and 5K Ekiden relay is a Guam Visitors Bureau signature sports tourism event designed to ...

The group also noted some successes, including reintroduction of the Guam rail to Cocos Island, moving the species status from “extinct in the wild” to “critically endangered.” The flightless rail is ...

three extirpated bird species — Guam kingfisher (sihek), Mariana crow (åga), and Guam rail (ko’ko’) — Mariana fruit bats (fanihi), Mariana eight-spot butterflies (ababang), and several more of Guam’s ...