Rarest bird in the world?

Photo by Ciro Albano/American Bird Conservancy

Blue-eyed Ground Dove

(Claravis pretiosa)

This bird is found only in the Botumirim area of eastern Brazil, where the American Bird Conservancy partner SAVE Brazil has recorded 25 Blue-eyed Ground Dove individuals in spring 2020 - the highest count yet for one of the world's rarest birds, if not the rarest.   This bird was re-discovered in 2015.  The latest count of 25 Blue-eyed Ground Doves is four more than 2019.   Careful monitoring has identified four nests, three of which had eggs.   Expectations are that more nests and birds will be discovered.

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