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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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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

10,000 Birds

160,000), American Samoa (55,000), and the Northern Mariana Islands (54,000). Although most conservation research focuses on northern breeding grounds, many ABA Area birds spend most of the year elsewhere. Adding Puerto Rico and the USVI would largely achieve the goal of bringing all Americans into full membership of the ABA family.