Winged Predators and an Ill wind threaten newly fledged Tahiti Monarchs

[BirdLife International]

The Tahiti Monarch breeding season has been a record with 14 chicks fledged from just 53 adults. But in a tragic turnaround 5 have disappeared. So what happened to them? Not the usual culprits like black rats. French Polynesia BirdLife partner, SOP Manu calls in the detectives.

 

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