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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. The sighting suggests that for all its struggles with habitat loss and hunting, the species is still managing to reproduce. Image of newly discovered juvenile Manumea by Moe Ulli).

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