![An orange bird with a dark blue stripe through its eye and a large head and beak perches on a branch in an indoor facility.](https://media.audubon.org/john-ewen_img_1718.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
The Guam Kingfisher Could Soon Return to the Wild After a 30-Year Absence
September 09, 2022 —
Extinct on its native island since the late 1980s, the endangered bird may fly free as soon as 2023—but not on Guam.