Wetland Mangrove Forested Sanctuary

American Memorial Park includes a 30-acre Wetland and Mangrove Forested Sanctuary, consisting of mudflats, marshes, and mangroves —a dwindling habitat quite scarce in the Northern Marianas. The wetland is an excellent environment for native bird species including some endangered species.

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The following bird species are found in the American Memorial Park Wetland and Mangrove Forest:

Nightingale Reed-Warbler (Endangered Species)
Marianas Common Moorhen (Endangered Species)
Collared Kingfisher
Bridled White-eye
Rufous-fronted Fantail
Brown Booby
Common Fairy-Tern
Common Sandpiper
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Golden White-Eye
Island Swiftlet
Lesser Golden Plover
Mariana Fruit Dove
Micronesian Honeyeater
Micronesian Starling
Pacific Reef Heron
Ruddy Turnstone
Wandering Tattler
Whimbrel
White-Throated Ground Dove
Yellow Bittern

Original Author: 

Bill Bezzant
Volunteer
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Email: bill.bezzant@saipan.com