This albatross specimen was caught accidentally by a Taiwanese fishing boat on July 4th, 2016, in the South Pacific Ocean, about 9,300 km from Taiwan. The bird was brought back to Taiwan by a marine researcher assigned by the Fisheries Agency to work with offshore fishing vessels in the South Pacific. Albatrosses are known to follow fishing vessels for an easy meal on baited fishing lines, but are often hooked and dragged into the water as the lines go deeper into the ocean. Up to 300,000 seabirds are killed by fishing boats annually.
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Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis), Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus), Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
1st May 2018, Taiwan Blue Magpie, Juvenile, Natural Causes, Learning to fly, Taipei
A hybrid of the Chinese Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) and Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea)
White-lipped Tree Frog (Polypedates braueri)
14th December 2017, Daurian Redstart, Adult, Human Causes (Sticky Mouse Trap), Hsinchu
Spotted Tree Frogs (Polypedates megacephalus) collected in a single night
The Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
6th August 2018, Taiwan Barbet, Juvenile, Human Cause, Tree Removal, Hsinchu
11th October 2017, Red-necked Phalarope, Adult, Left Wing Fracture, Taipei
The Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)
3rd August 2018, Taiwan Whistling Thrush, Juvenile, Fallen out of Nest, Unable to Stand, Near a Home, Taipei
Tilapia (A National Treasure)
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