Socorro Island
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Socorro Island is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km, with an area of 132 km2. It is
Offshore Socorro Island
The Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni) only survives in captivity at present.
Clarion Island
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Clarion Island, formerly Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of Mexico's Revillagigedo Islands, a marine protected area. The island is located 385 kilometres west of Socorro
Socorro Island
…human activity; more recently, the locust Schistocerca piceifrons has also established itself on the island. Unlike the mammals on Guadalupe Island or Clarión, their impact on the local flora was minor, but cat predation has had a drastic effect since the mid-1970s due to the fauna's island tameness, and the…
The resident Clarion angelfish is named for the island
Clarión burrowing owl, February 1997