Philippe Clement / Red fody / Madagascar weaver (Foudia madagascariensis) male calling, native to Madagascar, captive

Martin Gabriel / Madagascar fody (Foudia madagascariensis), flock of males and females resting on a wire, Praslin Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Madagascar fody (Foudia madagascariensis), flock of males and females resting on a wire, Praslin Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Madagascar fody (Foudia madagascariensis), flock of males and females feeding on rice, Praslin Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Madagascar fody (Foudia madagascariensis), male singing, La Digue Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Seychelles Fody (Foudia sechellarum), male, Aride Island, Republic of Seychelles

Martin Gabriel / Seychelles Fody (Foudia sechellarum), female, Aride Island, Republic of Seychelles

Laurent Geslin / Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) with woman on beach in the background, Mauritius, July 2012.

Ben Lascelles / Mauritius Fody (Foudia rubra). Ile Aux Aigrette, Mauritius.

Brent Stephenson / Male Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) perched. Curieuse, Seychelles.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Aldabra fody (Foudia eminentissima aldabrana) a subspecies of red-headed fody only found on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.

Brent Stephenson / Adult male Aldabra Fody (Foudia eminentissima aldabrana) a subspecies of red-headed fody only found on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.

Brent Stephenson / Male Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) perched. Curieuse, Seychelles.

Brent Stephenson / Young male Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) perched. Curieuse, Seychelles.

Pete Oxford / Madagascan red fody {Foudia madagascariensis} on flower, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Julian Hume / Illustration of extinct and extant birds,Reunion Island,Indian Ocean. Reunion fody (Foudia delloni), male (top right) female (top left) (extinct 1674); with Reunion stonechat (Saxicola tectes) (bottom...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Lienard's giant day-gecko (Phelsuma gigas) (extinct 1841) raids a Rodrigues fody (Foudia flavicans) (endangered/threatened species),nest,which hangs from a bough of Scyphochlamys revol...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritian lowland dry forest with extinct species. Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) - extinct 1688 - in a woodland of black ebony (Diospyros tesselaria),Tambalacoque Sideroxylon grandiflorum,...

Julian Hume / Illustration of Mauritian birds. Mauritius pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) (centre left); Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) (centre right); Mauritius olive white-eye (Zosterops chloronothos) feeding on the...

Bret Charman / Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) perched on branch, Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius. Critically endangered.

Roland Seitre / Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) perched on branch, L'ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius. Endangered.

Roland Seitre / Madagascan red fody (Foudia madagascariensis) perched on plant stem, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues fody (Foudia flavicans) female, perched on branch, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues fody (Foudia flavicans) female, perched on branch, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Madagascan red fody (Foudia madagascariensis) male, standing on grass, Reunion.

Roland Seitre / Horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) feeding on a dead Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum), Seychelles.

Roland Seitre / Horned ghost crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) feeding on a dead Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum), Seychelles.

Roland Seitre / Madagascan red fody (Foudia madagascariensis) male, perched on dead branch, La Digue, Seychelles.

Roland Seitre / Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum) perched on branch, Aride Island, Seychelles.

Lorraine Bennery / Red fody (Foudia madagascariensis) Madagascar. Endemic.