Cagou on the increase
EADERS MAY REMEMBER an article on the plight of the New Caledonian cagou in the May 1984 Forest & Bird. We can now report that this large forest rail is increasing in the Riviere Bleu Territorial Park, near Noumea. The New Caledonian Ornithological Society and the New Caledonian Nature Protection Society's captive breeding programme has released 22 birds into fhe park. Meanwhile, conservation work by the South Province Environment Service staff has boosted the survival and the breeding success of wild cagou, by controlling pigs, cats, rats and dogs in a 600-ha study area at Riviere Bleu. A forest bird survey is planned for New Caledonia, which should identify remnant cagou populations away from Riviere Bleu and likely sites for re-establishing cagou in the wild. Forest protection and predator control appear to be the key to the survival of New Caledonia’s national bird.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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146Cagou on the increase Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 7
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