Birdlife International's Pacific Invasives Programme Manager said among those on the verge of extinction are the Sandpiper and Polynesian Ground-dove, or Tuturuturu.
Steve Cranwell said bird numbers are rising after the Acteon and Gambier island atolls in French Polynesia were made predator free two years ago.
"It has since re-established on one of those that it was previously not present and increased in number on another so it is looking really promising," Mr Cranwell said
Photo: RNZI Courtesy of Island Conservation The critically endangered Polynesian Ground Dove.
Source:
Radio New Zealand