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Invasive species in Australia

10,000 Birds

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. There are wild dogs present and these are not the dingo, but a dog that was also brought to Australia by Europeans in 1788 and has spread throughout the country. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

They are often present on Laysan Island and Kure Atoll as well; a female-female pair on Kure Atoll have yet to involve a male in nesting activities. Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. this species breeds.

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