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The Guam Micronesian Kingfisher is an endemic subspecies restricted to the pacific island of Guam. A brilliantly colored medium sized (9 inches long) kingfisher, with beautiful iridescent blue back and wings. The male has cinnamon under parts and the female white. A terrestrial forest generalist, the Micronesian Kingfisher feeds on small vertebrates and insects. A pair or family group defends a territory year round. Micronesian Kingfishers excavate a cavity nest in soft or rotten wood, and both parents care for the young, sometimes with assistance of the young from previous years. Common throughout Guam until 1945, the Guam Micronesian Kingfisher was extirpated throughout its range by predation of the introduced Brown Tree Snake which is thought to have reached the island during or immediately following World War Two. As many as 3000 birds remained in 1981, after which the species went into rapid decline. The last 29 individuals were captured between 1984 and 1986. At present the bird exists only in captivity, with approximately 65 birds being cared for at 11 zoos in the mainland United States and by the Guam division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources. This species has proved difficult to breed in captivity as little was known about its nesting and dietary requirements. The long term goal is to have a population of 100 to 200 birds in 25 breeding centers. The Guam Micronesian Kingfisher was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1984. If the snakes are successfully controlled it may be possible to reintroduce the birds to their former territory at some future date providing suitable habitat still remains.