Vahanga
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Vahanga is a small uninhabited atoll part of the Acteon Group in the Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia and belongs to the municipality of the Gambier Islands.
NASA picture of Vahanga Atoll
Polynesian ground dove
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The Polynesian ground dove or Society Islands ground dove or Tutururu is a critically endangered species of bird in the family Columbidae. Originally endemic to the Society Islands and Tuamotus in Fre
Vahanga
…aimed to eradicate Vahanga's Polynesian rats, which had colonized the atoll, to restore balance to the ecosystem supporting bird species such as the Polynesian ground-dove and the Tuamotu sandpiper. A previous campaign in 2000 had failed in this goal. In 2015 a conservation campaign resulted in the eradication of rats…
Pampusana erythroptera James Eaton 395654879
Illustration of a specimen from Moorea by William Ellis, 1770s
Illustration of both the albicollis (left) and erythroptera (right) color morphs by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1893