Conservation
24 Nihoa Millerbirds were translocated by ship about 650 miles from Nihoa to Laysan in September 2011 after years of planning with the aim of establishing a second population of the species on Laysan. The birds were provided with different combinations of coloured leg bands to help identification of individual birds.
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