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Sihek – an endangered bird recently returned to the wild – have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home at Palmyra Atoll, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years.
Nine young Sihek* – also known as Guam kingfishers – hand-reared by zookeepers, were released at The Nature Conservancy’s Palmyra Atoll Preserve in September 2024 by the Sihek Recovery Program, a global collaboration of conservationists dedicated to rewilding these magnificent, colorful birds.
The team behind the project are now celebrating as the eggs mark how the birds have flourished since their arrival to the Pacific Atoll, located about 1,000 miles south of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
