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Overview
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), often called the Northern Mariana Islands, or just the Northern Marianas 16°42′18″N 145°46′48″E is a group of Pacific islands South of Japan's, Honshu Island and north of Guam.
The Mariana Avifauna Conservation (MAC) Programme
Due to the accidental appearance of the brown tree snake Boiga irregularis on Guam between 1945 and 1950, The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands instigated the MAC programme, which started relocating endemic species to zoos or other snake free islands in the CNMI. A total of 8 species from six islands will be relocated by 2034.
Notable Species
Mallard, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, Micronesian Megapode, Red Junglefowl, White-throated Ground Dove, Mariana Fruit-Dove, Eurasian Moorhen, Pacific Golden-Plover, Whimbrel, Little Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Pomarine Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Brown Noddy, Black Noddy, White Tern, Sooty Tern, Gray-backed Tern, Black-naped Tern, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Laysan Albatross, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel, White-necked Petrel, Bonin Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Streaked Shearwater, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Short-tailed Shearwater, Christmas Shearwater, Bannerman's Shearwater, Newell's Shearwater, Tropical Shearwater, Lesser Frigatebird, Great Frigatebird, Masked Booby, Brown Booby, Red-footed Booby, Grey Heron, Pacific Reef Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Collared Kingfisher, Mariana Kingfisher, Micronesian Myzomela, Rufous Fantail, Tinian Monarch, Nightingale Reed Warbler, Saipan Reed Warbler, Pagan Reed Warbler, Barn Swallow, Golden White-eye, Bridled White-eye, Micronesian Starling.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands
- https://www.aviary.org/conservation/projects/species-survival-plan/
- http://www.pacificbirdconservation.org/mariana-avifauna-conservation-program.html
- https://www.audubon.org/news/the-guam-kingfisher-could-soon-return-wild-after-30-year-absence
- https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?region=MP01
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External Links
Pages in category ‘Northern Mariana Islands’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
