The Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni), known locally and in Chamorro as ko'ko', is a small, terrestrial bird endemic to Guam in the Rallidae family. [2][3] They are one of the island's few …

2020年1月13日 · The Guam rail, referred to locally as the ko'ko', was once a common bird with an estimated 60,000 to 80,000 birds in Guam during the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, …

Guam rails are small, flightless but fast-running birds with narrow bodies. They have chocolate-brown heads and necks, and a plain gray stripe just above the eye that draws attention to their …

The Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni ) is a species of flightless bird, endemic to the United States territory of Guam, where it is known locally as the Ko'ko' bird. An omnivore is an animal that …

2020年1月20日 · After more than 30 years, the Guam Rail is back: breeding naturally beyond the confines of captive breeding enclosures – making it only the second bird species ever to …

A short-tailed, mostly flightless rail, known locally as the Ko’ko’, with reddish chestnut upperparts and white-barred black underparts. Gray on the chest and throat with a pale gray eyebrow.

A rare bird, indeed! The Guam rail is native to Guam in the western Pacific Ocean and is found nowhere else in the world. Most rails are somber and solid in color, but the Guam rail has dark …

The introduction of the invasive Brown Tree-Snake in the 1950s decimated bird populations on Guam. In 1987, only 21 Guam Rails remained in Guam. These 21 birds were rescued and …