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The Guam National Wildlife Refuge is composed of three units: the Andersen Air Force Base Overlay Unit (Air Force Overlay Unit), the Navy Overlay Unit, and the Ritidian Unit. The Ritidian Unit, known to the native CHamoru people as Puntan Litekyan, is located on the northern tip of Guam and encompasses approximately 1,217 acres, including 385 ...
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) Chatham County: GA 1969 10,053 acres (40.68 km 2) [107] Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex) McIntosh County: GA 1930 5,126 acres (20.74 km 2) [108] Guam National Wildlife Refuge: Guam GU 1993 1,203 acres (4.87 km 2) [109]
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 ...
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
Pages in category "Important Bird Areas of Guam" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Guam National Wildlife Refuge; M. Mahlac Pictograph Cave
Guam's native bird and lizard species have been decimated by the Australasian brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), which was introduced in the 1940s. The two extant native mammal species are bats. The Marianas flying fox ( Pteropus mariannus ) lives on inaccessible vegetated limestone cliffs and volcanic ravine forests.
By the time of Beck's death in 2008 there were approximately 120 Guam rails in captivity in Guam, and another 35 birds were in captive breeding programs throughout the U.S. at a total of 17 zoos then participating – including the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, the San Diego Zoo, the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, and zoos in Chicago, Houston ...
It is a glossy black bird about 15 inches (38 cm) long and known only from the islands of Guam and Rota. It is a rare bird which has steadily declined in numbers since the 1960s. [ 2 ] On Guam there are no remaining native Mariana Crows, the population having been decimated by the introduction of the brown tree snake . [ 3 ]