SAN DIEGO (July 13, 2023) – After more than two years of dedicated work, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance conservationists are achieving success breeding a critically endangered coastal bird: the milky stork. This breeding program is part of an 11th-hour effort with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Taxon Advisory Group (AZA TAG) to assist the last remaining individuals of the species living in North America—helping them successfully reproduce, and bolster the world’s population of milky storks. 

It takes an innovative, comprehensive approach to bolster Hawaiian bird populations and ensure their future.

Take a closer look at how we're rebuilding sustainable populations of critically endangered wildlife in the Pacific.

The lush mangroves and flooded forests of Southeast Asia provide the perfect habitat for milky storks.