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Summary of Species' Status on Guam
Birds
Lizards
Mammals
Species Status Summary
* Represents species that were affected by factors unrelated to the brown Treesnake.
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Birds: Native |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status on Guam |
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Wedge-tailed shearwater |
Puffinus pacificus |
extirpated * |
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White-tailed tropicbird |
Phaethon lepturus |
rare |
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Yellow bittern |
Ixobrychus sinensis |
common in suitable habitats |
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Pacific reef-heron |
Egretta sacra |
uncommon |
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Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
extirpated * |
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Micronesian megapode |
Megapodius laperouse |
extirpated * |
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Guam rail |
Rallus owstoni |
extirpated (currently reintroduced in a wildlife enclosure) |
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White-browed rail |
Poliolimnas cinereus |
extirpated * |
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Common moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
rare |
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Brown noody |
Anous stolidus |
rare |
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White tern |
Gygis alba |
rare |
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White-throated ground-dove |
Gallicolumba xanthonura |
extirpated |
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Mariana fruit-dove |
Ptilinopus roseicapilla |
extirpated |
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Island swiftlet |
Aerodramus vanikorensis |
rare |
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Micronesian kingfisher |
Halcyon cinnamomina |
extirpated |
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Mariana crow |
Corvus kubaryi |
rare |
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Nightingale reed-warbler |
Acrocephalus luscinia |
extirpated |
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Guam flycatcher |
Myiagra freycineti |
extirpated |
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Rufous fantail |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
extirpated |
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Micronesian starling |
Aplonis opaca |
rare |
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Cardinal honeyeater |
Myzomela cardinalis |
extirpated |
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Bridled white-eye |
Zosterops conspicillatus |
extirpated |
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Birds: Introduced |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status on Guam |
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Black francolin |
Francolinus francolinus |
common |
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Blue-breasted quail |
Coturnix chinensis |
common |
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Red junglefowl |
Gallus gallus |
rare |
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Rock dove |
Columba livia |
uncommon |
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Philippine turtle-dove |
Streptopelia bitorquata |
uncommon |
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Black drongo |
Dicrurus macrocercus |
uncommon |
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Eurasian tree-sparrow |
Passer montanus |
common |
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Chestnut mannikin |
Lonchura malacca |
rare |
- Information quoted from Engbring, J. and Fritts, T.H.: "Demise of an Insular Avifauna: The Brown Treesnake on Guam."
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Lizards: Native |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status on Guam |
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Snake-eyed skink |
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus |
extirpated (last recorded 1969) |
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Blue-tailed skink |
Emoia caeruleocauda |
common (in some forested areas) |
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Azure-tailed skink |
Emoia cyanura |
extirpated |
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Slevin's skink |
Emoia slevini |
extirpated (last recorded 1945) |
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Moth skink |
Lipinia noctua |
uncommon |
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Mutilating gecko |
Gehyra mutilata |
uncommon |
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Island gecko |
Gehyra oceanica |
rare (last recorded 1989) |
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Mourning gecko |
Lepidodactylus lugubris |
common |
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Rock gecko |
Nactus pelagicus |
rare |
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Micronesian gecko |
Perochirus ateles |
extirpated (last recorded 1978) |
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Lizards: Introduced |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status on Guam |
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Green anole |
Anolis carolinensis |
common |
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Curious brown skink |
Carlia fusca |
common |
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House gecko |
Hemidactylus frenatus |
common |
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Monitor lizard |
Varanus indicus |
uncommon |
- Information found in Rodda, G.H. and Fritts, T.H.: "The Impact of the Introduction of the Colubrid Snake Boiga irregularis on Guam's Lizards."
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Mammals |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Status on Guam |
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Pacific sheath-tailed bat |
Embollonura semicaudata |
extirpated (last recorded 1972) |
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Marianus fruit bat |
Pteropus mariannus |
rare |
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Little marianas fruit bat |
Pteropus tokudae |
extirpated (last recorded 1968) |
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