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Rakitū Island, New Zealand, sees tīeke return after 60 years. Saddleback conservation efforts succeed as native habitats recover from invasive species.

Rats were officially irradiated from the island in 2018, officials said, and “the island has seen a strong return of its unique flora and fauna including native birds and rare large-leaved forms ...

The birds were once plentiful on Rakitū and to the islands north and south, but the accidental introduction of rats in the 20th century quickly put their populations in danger, officials said.

For the first time in more than six decades, an endangered bird has returned to a small New Zealand Island. A total of 40 tīeke, or saddlebacks, were reintroduced to Rakitū Island on Aotearoa ...

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