While that fashion trend thankfully came to an end, kagus have continued to face threats, with predation by dogs and other introduced animals, as well as habitat loss, all causing numbers to decline.

Adult button quails are small enough to fit in the palm of your ... Button quails are flightless birds. Their wings are only strong enough to lift them off the ground temporarily.

winged birds might have run a high risk of being blown off some of the small windswept islands that make up the northwest part of the archipelago. In that case the flightless ones might have given ...