It was thriving, until people introduced black rats in 1900. In just 8 years, they went from “extremely common all over the island” to thought extinct.
There can be thriving populations that just aren’t discovered because people don’t know how the populations functioned or because the landscape is so rugged it’s almost impossible to find them. Some birds have gone hundreds of years where people thought they were extinct.
to be fair
Not exactly like it was a thriving population
It was thriving, until people introduced black rats in 1900. In just 8 years, they went from “extremely common all over the island” to thought extinct.
There can be thriving populations that just aren’t discovered because people don’t know how the populations functioned or because the landscape is so rugged it’s almost impossible to find them. Some birds have gone hundreds of years where people thought they were extinct.