Entire colony of rare birds vanish during lockdown, leaving Kiwi scientists baffled
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dailystar.co.ukFREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldAn entire colony of very rare birds disappeared during New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown.There are just 250 shore plovers, or tūturuatu, left in the wild.
The small native birds are known for their friendly nature, which unfortunately makes them vulnerable to predators. After almost being wiped out by cats and rats in 1880, the plovers spent 100 years living in the Chatham Islands, 640km west of the New Zealand mainland.
In 2007 a colony of the birds was introduced to Mana Island, off the coast of the North Island, but sadly just a few years later a single rat wiped out half the population.
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