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Racing to Save 2 Samoan Endemics

10,000 Birds

Sadly, that is indeed the situation in Samoa, where the Manumea , or Tooth-billed Pigeon , numbers fewer than 200 individuals. Efforts to save both species, however, are complicated by a lack of information about the birds’ behaviors, food sources, breeding rates, and predators. Image of banded Ma’oma’o from Samoanbirds.com).

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