Endemic birds of Hawaii
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 Hawaii.
List of species
The following is a list of bird species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands:
- Pueo, Asio flammeus sandwichensis
- Kamaʻo, Myadestes myadestinus †
- ʻĀmaui, Myadestes oahensis †
- Olomaʻo, Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis
- ʻOmaʻo, Myadestes obscurus (VU)
- Puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri (CR)
- Laysan Finch, Telespiza cantans (VU)
- Nihoa Finch, Telespiza ultima (CR)
- ʻŌʻū, Psittirostra psittacea (CR)
- Lanaʻi Hookbill, Dysmorodrepanis munroi †
- Palila, Loxioides bailleui (EN)
- Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps †
- Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri †
- Kona Grosbeak, Chloridops kona †
- Maui Parrotbill, Pseudonestor xanthophrys (CR)
- 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 (LC)
- Oʻahu ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus flavus (VU)
- Kauʻi ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus kauaiensis (VU)
- Greater ʻAmakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris †
- Nukupuʻu, Hemignathus lucidus (CR)
- ʻAkiapolaʻau, Hemignathus munroi (EN)
- ʻAnianiau, Magumma parva (VU)
- ʻAkikiki, Oreomystis bairdi (CR)
- Hawaiʻi Creeper, Oreomystis mana (EN)
- Oʻahu ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza maculata (CR)
- Maui ʻAlauahio, Paroreomyza montana (EN)
- Kakawahie, Paroreomyza flammea †
- ʻAkekeʻe, Loxops caeruleirostris (CR)
- ʻAkepa, Loxops coccineus (EN)
- ʻUla-ʻai-Hawane, Ciridops anna †
- ʻIʻiwi, Vestiaria coccinea (VU)
- Hawaiʻi Mamo, Drepanis pacifica †
- Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea †
- ʻAkohekohe, Palmeria dolei (CR)
- ʻApapane, Himatione sanguinea (LC)
- Poʻouli, Melamprosops phaeosoma (CR)
See also
References
- (2005). Hawaii's Birds. Hawaii Audubon Society. Sixth ed.
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