January 30, 2020
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An elderly 25-year-old male Mariana crow named Clint was humanely euthanized at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) Jan.14. Clint was the only Mariana crow living outside of Rota Island in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands—the only place that the birds are now found in the wild. CNMI includes the 14 northernmost islands in the Mariana Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. Guam, the southernmost island in the chain, is a separate U.S. territory. The average life span for a Mariana crow is unknown but suspected to be around 14 years.
