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 Samoa’s national bird feared near extinction |
 1 oct. 2013 - RNZI.
The manumea bird, which is endemic to Samoa and its national bird, is feared near extinction after a 10-day survey of the Savai’i uplands by a group of scientists resulted in just one sighting.
An ornithologist, Rebecca Stirnemann, says she was hoping the manumea, a close relative of the dodo, would be abundant there - with the largely untouched cloud forest acting as a last refuge for the endangered species.
But she says the manumea population is much smaller than what was anticipated.
She says because of a lack of research as to what could be causing the population’s rapid decline, it is hard to know what can be done.
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