Smithsonian Magazine

Four Rare Guam Kingfisher Chicks Hatch at Virginia Facility, Making an ‘Incredibly Valuable’ Addition to the Small Population of Extinct-in-the-Wild Birds

The species, also known as the sihek, was wiped out from its native Guam and kept alive in captivity. Conservationists ...

Smithsonian zoo in Va. welcomes two chicks from species classified as extinct in the wild

Two sihek chicks hatched at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s campus in Front Royal, Virginia, have given hope to a species ...