ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE
PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered
YEAR LISTED: 2004
CRITICAL HABITAT: 3,958 acres on the island of Rota designated in 2006
RECOVERY
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE
PROTECTION STATUS: Endangered
YEAR LISTED: 2004
CRITICAL HABITAT: 3,958 acres on the island of Rota designated in 2006
RECOVERY PLAN: 2007
RANGE: Mature forests above 490 feet in the Sabana region of Rota.
THREATS: Habitat loss; habitat degradation; predation by rats, black drongos, and the brown tree snake; and the possibility of its single, small population being wiped out by a random catastrophic event such as a typhoon or avian disease
POPULATION TREND: The population was estimated at 10,000 in 1982. That number dropped dramatically in subsequent years, and by 1999, the population was down to 1,000 birds. The Fish and Wildlife Service is currently undergoing a fiv