The Micronesian kingfisher is native to Guam, where it thrived until the brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the island. The snake made easy prey of many species of birds which were ...

In particular, the Navy was supposed to eradicate the highly predacious brown tree snake, which was introduced to Guam after World War II, likely as a stowaway in military cargo. Along with habitat ...

The species was placed on the Guam Endangered Species Act in 1982 and on the U.S. Endangered Species List in 1984. The brown tree snake posed a threat to the birds while in Guam’s forests ...

The Guam kingfisher began facing a major decline in the 1950s after the introduction of the invasive brown tree snake. By 1988, it was extinct from the wild. Disney is one of only nine U.S ...