Bonin grosbeak
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The Bonin grosbeak or Bonin Islands grosbeak is an extinct finch. It is one of the diverse bird taxa that are vernacularly called "grosbeaks", but it is not closely related to the grosbeaks sensu stri
Chaunoproctus ferreorostris
Chichijima
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Chichijima is the largest and most populous of the Bonin Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2 in size, the island is home to about 2,120 people. Connected to the mainland on
Bonin grosbeak
…described: a soft, pure and high note, sometimes short, sometimes drawn out; sometimes given singly, sometimes in a short series. It was found only on Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands. While reports that it was also found on islands of the Haha-jima group (母島列島, known as "Baily Islands" to early Western…
An old bunker on Chichijima
Futami Port, Chichijima. Right of center, at the edge of the port, is the settlement of Oku (or Okumura), site of the initial Oubeikei settlement.
A baby sea turtle at the restoration facility
Ogasawara High School