"As our beloved sihek – Guam's kingfisher – journey to Palmyra Atoll, I feel their resilience reflecting our own," Topasna said. "But their true home is Guam, just as it is ours.

Plans are underway for more young Sihek to be released at Palmyra Atoll this summer. “The short-term goal is to establish a fully self-sustaining Sihek population on Palmyra Atoll,” said Owen.

Far from the zoos where they were raised, the sihek’s home is now within the tropical forests of Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific Ocean approximately 3,600 miles southeast from Guam.

The first generation of wild Guam kingfishers in decades could soon hatch on a new island home in the Pacific Ocean. The Guam kingfisher, also known as Sihek, was last seen in the wild in 1988. It ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Sihek bird, an endangered animal who recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs laid mark the ...

In captivity, Guam kingfishers typically only lay fertile eggs once they’re at least 11 months old.The birds on Palmyra Atoll are roughly 9 months old. Longer-term, biologists want to establish ...

HONOLULU (KHON) – The Sihek bird, an endangered animal recently returned to the wild, has laid eggs on their new home at Palmyra Atoll, an island in the Pacific. The eggs mark the first wild ...

WAILUKU – Nine extinct-in-the wild sihek (also known as Guam kingfishers) arrived at their new home at The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) preserve and research station at Palmyra Atoll, 1,000 ...

Palmyra Atoll is predator-free and home to a nature preserve owned by The Nature Conservancy, located inside a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge.

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the endangered Sihek bird is now laying wild eggs in its new Hawaii home.

Palmyra Atoll! Near the geographic center of the Pacific Ocean, the Line Islands stretch across the equator along a 1,460-mile (2,350-kilometer) arc.

The once-extinct Sihek bird recently laid eggs in the wild for the first time in close to 40 years; Nine young Sihek were released at The Nature Conservancy's Palmyra Atoll Preserve in Hawaii ...