Mongabay on Mythryl: “With fewer than 500 birds remaining, the Timor green pigeon is on…”

With fewer than 500 birds remaining, the Timor green pigeon is on the brink of extinction after decades of neglect and hunting. Timor-Leste is now the species’ last stronghold, where researchers say urgent, community-led protection is key to the species conservation. Timothy Mihocik reports.

mongabay.ccTimor green pigeon nears extinction after decades of inaction, study warnsOn April 20, Jafet Potenzo Lopes was surveying the south coast of Manatuto municipality, in Timor-Leste, when he recorded something he had not seen in years: three Timor green pigeons, alive, in a…

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