ZooBorns — Guam Kingfisher
‘Extinct In the Wild’ Chick Hatches in Virginia
Posted by Andrew Bleiman on
On May 17, one of the most endangered bird species on the planet hatched at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia. Although currently helpless and almost featherless, the female Guam Kingfisher will soon enough be vibrant and colorful, like her parents.
A closed-circuit camera inside the institute’s incubator caught the exact moment the chick hatched....