Parental age, #inbreeding and #incubation method influence extremely low #hatching success in the ex-situ population of the Extinct-in-the-Wild #Sihek / Guam kingfisher - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #captivebreeding #hatchingfailure @wileyecology.bsky.social

Parental Age, Inbreeding and Incubation Method Influence Extremely Low Hatching Success in the Ex‐Situ Population of the Extinct in the Wild Sihek Reproductive success rates are a key parameter determining the recovery potential of ex-situ managed threatened species, with high rates often being required to produce offspring for wild releases wh...

So happy to share that after years of hard work our paper on low hatching success in the #ExtinctInTheWild #Sihek has now been published in Animal Conservation! Read more here: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Ornithology #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪

Bird species lost from wild lays first eggs on new island home | The Zoological Society of London Endangered bird recently returned to the wild have laid first eggs on their new Pacific island home, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years.

So exciting to see #sihek eggs confirmed in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years! www.zsl.org/news-and-eve... #ConservationScience 🌍 🦤 🧪 #Ornithology

Analysis showed that #sihek overall hatching success is only ~30%, compared to ~83% across birds and ~79% across similarly threatened birds and those under human care (doi.org/10.1111/acv....), with sire inbreeding, sire age and artificial incubation likely the driving factors behind this 5/6

The #Sihek (Guam kingfisher) is one such EW species, living solely in human care from the 1980s until a successful release into the wild in 2024. This project aims to understand sihek hatching success in order to help the human-managed population to thrive and enable support for future releases 3/6

Após quase 40 anos, o pequeno sihek voa livre novamente na natureza Foi um momento de muita emoção e celebração para profissionais do mundo inteiro envolvidos no Programa de Recuperação do Sihek nas últimas décadas. Graças a reprodução em cativeiro e parcerias entre d...

Graças à #reprodução em #cativeiro e parcerias entre diversos zoológicos e instituições de conservação, o #martim-pescador-de-Guam, chamado de #sihek pelos povos nativos, pode bater asas, #livre, nas florestas do Atol de Palmyra