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Guam's Birds

Islan Dåno’: Cocos Island

Barrier reef off Malesso’. Located approximately 1.6 km southwest of Guam lies an uninhabited barrier island called Cocos Island, or Islan Dåno’ in CHamoru. Cocos

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Guam's Birds

Yellow Bittern

Yellow bittern live in a variety of habitats including savanna, forest, offshore islands, tangantangan, weedy tall grass and mowed fields. They feed on snails, geckos,

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Guam's Birds

Rufous Fantail

Limestone forest understory is their home. Pairs of fantails produce two nests of young a year. The nests, composed of grass and leaves glued together

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Såli (Micronesian Starling)
Guam's Birds

Micronesian Starling

It lives in many habitats from seacoast limestone cliff faces to forested mountain tops and on atolls. Generally the Såli lives in groups. It is

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Mariana Megapode
Guam's Birds

Micronesian Megapode

The megapode lives in limestone forests and coconut groves. Eggs are not tended by the parents but incubated in mounds of decaying vegetation or in

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CHuchurika/Naabak (Rufous Fantail)
Guam's Birds

Micronesian Kingfisher

The Micronesian Kingfishers are somewhat secretive. They are known to inhabit limestone and ravine forests, coconut groves, and strand vegetation.

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CHuchurika/Naabak (Rufous Fantail)
Guam's Birds

Micronesian Honeyeater

The Micronesian Honeyeater can be found in most forests edges and flowering trees in urban areas near homes and commercial buildings. It feeds on flower

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Collocali. bartschi, its scientific name, live in limestone caves and sink holes in limestone and ravine forests.
Guam's Birds

Mariana Gray Swiftlet

These birds live in limestone caves and sink holes in limestone and ravine forests. Their nests are constructed of moss are fastened to the roofs

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