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Pages in category "Fauna of Guam" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ' List of birds of Guam;
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guam. There are fifteen mammal species in and around Guam, of which two are endangered and one is considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
A new tally after taxonomic revisions and the establishment of a population of Guam rail on Cocos Island, [16] indicates there are now 5 of 16 native terrestrial (non-migratory) birds that remain in the wild on Guam: the Micronesian starling, [17] yellow bittern [18] (not endemic), and three endangered birds (Guam rail, Mariana common moorhen ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guam. The avifauna of Guam includes a total of 146 species as of August 2021, according to Bird Checklists of the World . [ 1 ] Of them, eight have been introduced by humans and 32 are rare or accidental . 3 species are endemic , of which one is extinct and two are extinct in the wild though their ...
Mariana monitors in the Southern Mariana Islands shifted major prey classes when their regular prey began declining. [5] The monitors were known for being the top predator on Guam, [6] but the introduction of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) led to a decrease in prey numbers, prompting the monitors to switch to eating invertebrates and foraging through human garbage.
Guam National Wildlife Refuge beach at Ritidian Point. Guam has a tropical rainforest climate on the Köppen scale (Köppen Af). Its driest month of March almost qualifies as a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The weather is generally hot and humid throughout the year with little seasonal temperature variation.
Zoologist Bob Beck, a wildlife supervisor with the Guam Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, is credited with leading the efforts to capture the remaining wild Guam rails, Guam kingfishers, and other native birds to save them from extinction. His efforts to save the Guam rail began in 1982, and lasted more ...
Pages in category "Endemic fauna of Guam" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Asymphorodes ...