The Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni), known locally and in Chamorro as ko'ko', is a small, terrestrial bird endemic to Guam in the Rallidae family. [2] [3] They are one of the island's few remaining endemic bird species.

The ko’ko’ is an important animal in the CHamoru culture with a legend surroundings it and once being a food source for the people. Today, the ko’ko’ is a symbol of hope for the restoration of the health of Guam’s ecosystem.

2020年1月23日 · For nearly forty years, the Guam Rail bird (locally known as the Ko'Ko') has been extinct in the wild — decimated by the invasive brown tree snake. But now, after a decades-long recovery...

2021年1月4日 · For nearly forty years, the Guam Rail bird (locally known as the Ko'Ko') has been extinct in the wild — decimated by the invasive brown tree snake. But the Ko'Ko' has been successfully...

2019年12月22日 · There are now more ko'ko in the wild than in captivity: 170 ko'ko' are in captivity on Guam and elsewhere in the United States; about 200 ko'ko' are living in the wild on Rota, and...

A short-tailed, mostly flightless rail, known locally as the Ko’ko’, with reddish chestnut upperparts and white-barred black underparts. Gray on the chest and throat with a pale gray eyebrow. Once widespread across most habitats, it became extinct in the wild in the 1980s, but has been reintroduced in carefully managed areas thanks to a ...

2018年1月23日 · The territorial bird of Guam – the Guam rail, known locally as ko’ko’ in CHamoru – is successfully thriving under the Department of Agriculture’s Guam rail conservation program.

2024年7月1日 · Scientific Name: Rallus owstoni (Family RALLIDAE) Common Name: Guam Rail. CHamoru Name: Ko’ko’. Audio sample of the Ko’ko’. Habitat and Natural History: The Ko’ko’ is a large rail, standing 11 to 12 inches or about 28 centimeters tall.

2025年1月2日 · The Guam rail, also known as the ko’ko’ bird, is a native bird species found on the island of Guam. However, its population is at great risk, and it is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Both are places that once flourished with unique and diverse bird life, but because of invasive species and climate change, have seen so much loss and extinction. In this episode Birds connect us with the joy and wonder of nature.