10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Eventually one evening driving home I was shocked to get good views of a clapper wandering about my car park (I’m fairly sure it was sneaking my neighbours’ cats food too). It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos. Clapper Rails Rallus longirostris. Photos © Tai Haku.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
On the mainland they face predation from domestic cats, dogs, genets, mongoose and Cape Gulls which steal their chicks and eggs. The only other significant mainland breeding colony is based about an hour out of Cape Town on the east coast at a place called Betty’s Bay.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2018
The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats.
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