Just a little while ago, our Islan Guåhan celebrated Easter, a time filled with the spirit of renewal and hope. Beautifully, ...

Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam kingfishers have been reintroduced to the wild—not yet in Guam itself, but on Palmyra Atoll, an ...

Sihek – an endangered bird recently returned to the wild – have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home at Palmyra Atoll, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years.

Some good news from the Palmyra Atoll: following its successful release back into the wild in 2024, the sihek – also known as the Guam kingfisher – has laid its first eggs in the wild in ...

A bird once declared extinct in the wild has just laid eggs in Hawaii. The sihek, also known as the Guam kingfisher, has a striking burnt orange breast, electric blue wings, and a sharp beak.

HONOLULU (KHON) – The Sihek bird, an endangered animal recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs mark the first wild ...

Exterminated from its Guam island home by invasive brown tree snakes, the kingfisher, known by Guam locals as a ‘sihek’, has survived entirely in captivity, managed by a global collaboration ...

The Guam kingfisher, also known as Sihek, was last seen in the wild in 1988. It was decimated by the brown tree snake, which was accidentally introduced to Guam in the 1940s. Realizing that the ...

I recently returned from a 10-week trip assisting with sihek Guåhan (Guam kingfisher) monitoring at The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Atoll Preserve. Last year, nine sihek were released into the ...

Nature Conservancy reports nine young sihek - also known as Guam kingfishers - were released at the organisation's Palmyra Atoll Preserve in September 2024 by the Sihek Recovery Program. Palmyra Atoll ...