The island in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius is a paradise for lovers of birds, some bird’s spectacular beautiful and interesting. Unfortunately, the island is also home to endangered species stories, but the successful conservation efforts have saved many species from a similar fate.
The Demise of the Dodo
It is sad but true that you are not a Dodo spotting holiday in Mauritius. The dodo was a beautiful bird endemic to the island, has unfortunately disappeared from the late 17th Century. A large bird, weighing about 20 kg, and Dodo was about one meter high. It would have resembled a small or a large dove gray with a whitish hue. The Dodo was, however, a bird without wings, builds its nest on the ground, living on the island in the Indian Ocean, the delicious tropical fruits.
The dodo was there for the first time by the Dutch when they arrived on the island hundreds of years documented. The name you give the bird was “walghvogel”, literally meaning a bird “repugnant” translated. According to historians, the bird was so named because its flesh was largely inedible and the Netherlands, they found a bad dish. It is not known exactly how the name “Dodo developed, but in 1602, Willem van Westsanen Journal, he describes as” dodaerse.
The Mauritius Kestrel
During the Dodo can be extinguished, the island is still worth the attention of bird lovers, and there are a number of beautiful birds that you can about your stay in Mauritius. This bird is the Mauritius kestrel, which is found in the forests of the island south-western plateau. Nesting in the cliffs and canyons, the big bird is often difficult to discern, and an observation is a rewarding experience.
The Mauritius kestrel is a bird of prey family Felconidae. This is not a very large bird, but with an adult bird, about 30cm tall with a wingspan of 45 inches and weighing only 250g. The kestrel lives mainly on small insects and reptiles; their diet consists of dragonflies, geckos, crickets, cockroaches, and occasionally small birds.
The Emerald Green Echo Parakeet
If a bird will brighten your holiday in Mauritius, this is a small parrot. It is the last surviving member of the family Pstittacula, a species that inhabited the islands of the Indian Ocean. The echo parakeet is a small, stocky bird with a short tail and an emerald green color. These birds are very striking in appearance, and women have no chance beak black, while males are bright red.
Only for the success of environmentalists working hard, you can see this little beauty while you are on holiday in Mauritius; the birds were threatened with extinction in the 1980s. Only 10 birds were likely to be present, a number that was dangerously low. Strict conservation projects have been introduced simplifications, and today the number of individual birds is as high as 300, a figure that is still growing steadily.