Endemic birds of Hawaii
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
There are 71 known taxa of endemic Hawaiian birds, of which 23 are extinct and 30 of the remaining 48 species and subspecies are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Habitat loss and avian disease are thought to have had the greatest effect on endemic bird species in Hawaiʻi.
Contents |
[edit] List of species
The following is a list of bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands:
[edit] Procellariidae
- Hawaiian Petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis
- Newell's Shearwater, Puffinus auricularis newelli
[edit] Anatidae
- Hawaiian Goose or Nēnē, Branta sandvicensis
- Hawaiian Duck or koloa maoli, Anas wyvilliana
- Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis
[edit] Accipitridae
- Hawaiian Hawk or 'Io, Buteo solitarius
[edit] Rallidae
- Laysan Rail, Porzana palmeri
- Hawaiian Rail, Porzana sandwichensis
- Hawaiian Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus sandwichensis
- Hawaiian Coot, Fulica alai
[edit] Recurvirostridae
- Hawaiian Stilt, Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
[edit] Laridae
- Hawaiian (Black) Noddy, Anous minutus melanogenys
[edit] Strigidae
- Pueo, Asio flammeus sandwichensis
[edit] Meliphagidae
- Kauaʻi ʻŌʻō, Moho braccatus
- Oʻahu ʻŌʻō, Moho apicalis
- Molokaʻi ʻŌʻō, Moho bishopi
- Hawaiʻi ʻŌʻō, Moho nobilis
- Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma
[edit] Corvidae
- Hawaiian Crow or ´Alala, Corvus hawaiiensis
[edit] Monarchidae
- Kauaʻi ʻElepaio, Chasiempis sandwichensis sclateri
- Oʻahu ʻElepaio, Chasiempis sandwichensis ibidis
- Hawaiʻi ʻElepaio, Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis
[edit] Sylviidae
- Laysan Millerbird, Acrocephalus familaris familaris
- Nihoa Millerbird, Acrocephalus familaris kingi
[edit] Turdidae
- Kamaʻo, Myadestes myadestinus
- ʻĀmaui, Myadestes oahensis
- Olomaʻo, Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis
- ʻOmaʻo, Myadestes obscurus
- Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri
[edit] Drepanididae
- Laysan Finch, Telespiza cantans
- Nihoa Finch, Telespiza ultima
- ʻŌʻū, Psittirostra psittacea
- Lanaʻi Hookbill, Dysmorodrepanis munroi
- Palila, Loxioides bailleui
- Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps
- Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri
- Kona Grosbeak, Chloridops kona
- Maui Parrotbill, Pseudonestor xanthophrys
- Kauaʻi ʻAkialoa, Akialoa stejnegeri or Hemignathus ellisianus procerus
- Oʻahu ʻAkialoa, Akialoa ellisiana or Hemignathus ellisianus ellisianus
- Maui Nui ʻAkialoa, Akialoa lanaiensis or Hemignathus ellisianus lanaiensis
- Lesser ʻAkialoa, Akialoa obscura or Hemignathus obscurus
- Common ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus virens
- Oʻahu ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus flavus
- Kauʻi ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus kauaiensis
- Greater ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris
- ʻAnianiau, Hemignathus parvus
- Nukupuʻu, Hemignathus lucidus
- ʻAkiapolaʻau, Hemignathus munroi
- ʻAkikiki, Oreomystis bairdi
- Hawaiʻi Creeper, Oreomystis mana
- Oʻahu ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza maculata
- Maui ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza montana
- Kakawahie, Paroreomyza flammea
- ʻAkekeʻe, Loxops caeruleirostris
- ʻAkepa, Loxops coccineus
- ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane, Ciridops anna
- ʻIʻiwi, Vestiaria coccinea
- Hawaiʻi Mamo, Drepanis pacifica
- Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea
- ʻAkohekohe, Palmeria dolei
- ʻApapane, Himatione sanguinea
- Poʻo-uli, Melamprosops phaeosoma
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (2005). Hawaii's Birds. Hawaii Audubon Society. Sixth ed.
[edit] External links
- USGS Biology Programs, Informative site but species classification is out of date
- IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species
- Hawai'i's Endemic Forest Birds - Distribution, Status and Population Updates 2002
|
|
---|---|
Regional overviews
The Palaearctic: Western Palearctic | Central Asia | Japan |
|
Lists of: Endemic Bird Areas | Secondary Areas | |
Literature: Putting biodiversity on the map | Endemic Bird Areas of the World | |
Categories: Regional overviews | Endemic higher-level taxa | Restricted range endemics |