Thursday, October 04, 2007

New Hope for Exotic Parrots on Cook Islands


One of 27 Rimatara lorikeets reintroduced to Atiu.
Hunted to local extinction nearly 2 centuries ago, the Rimatara lorikeet has been re-established to Atiu, one of the Cook Islands with the aid of the islands’ royalty and funds raised at last year’s British Bird Watching Fair....