10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Outside the truly ancient islands that are fragments of sunken continents; New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia and the like, the Islands of the Pacific are, geologically, ephemeral things. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

Hawaii 209

Hawaii Guam Mammals Fiji 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

In 2001, Trevor Worthy described a set of bones from Fiji as a new species of very large, flightless pigeon: the Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ). In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.

Solomon Islands 277

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius 2006 277

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2011

It was long expected that the fossil record would show extinct members of the genus in the islands between New Zealand/New Caledonia and the Society Islands (places like Tonga, Fiji, the Cook Islands) that had gone extinct before Europeans arrived, but no such fossils have been found.

New Zealand 147

New Zealand Fiji Parrots Tonga 147