List of endemic birds of Hawaii
This article is about endemism among birds in Hawaii. For an overview, see
Endemism in birds .
There are 71 known taxa of birds endemic to the Hawaiian Islands , of which 30 are extinct, 6 possibly extinct and 30 of the remaining 48 species and subspecies are listed as endangered or threatened by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service . In the era following western contact, habitat loss and avian disease are thought to have had the greatest effect on endemic bird species in Hawaii , although native peoples are implicated in the loss of dozens of species before the arrival of Captain Cook and others, in large part due to the arrival of the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans ) which came along with the first Polynesians.
List of species
The following is a list of bird species and subspecies endemic to the Hawaiian Islands :
Laysan albatross , Phoebastria immutabilis NT Black-footed albatross , Phoebastria nigripes NT Hawaiian stilt or aeʻo, Himantopus mexicanus knudseni (NR) H. mexicanus : LC Kamaʻo , Myadestes myadestinus † EX Puaiohi , Myadestes palmeri CR Olomaʻo , Myadestes lanaiensis PE ʻĀmaui , Myadestes (lanaiensis ) woahensis † EX ʻOmaʻo , Myadestes obscurus VU Laysan finch , Telespiza cantans VU Nihoa finch , Telespiza ultima CR ʻŌʻū , Psittirostra psittacea PE Lanaʻi hookbill , Dysmorodrepanis munroi † EX Palila , Loxioides bailleui CR Kauaʻi palila , Loxioides kikuichi † EX Lesser koa-finch , Rhodacanthis flaviceps † EX Greater koa-finch , Rhodacanthis palmeri † EX Kona grosbeak , Chloridops kona † EX Maui parrotbill , Pseudonestor xanthophrys CR Kauaʻi ʻakialoa Akialoa stejnegeri or Hemignathus (ellisianus) procerus † EX Oʻahu ʻakialoa , Akialoa ellisiana or Hemignathus ellisianus ellisianus † EX Maui Nui ʻakialoa , Akialoa lanaiensis or Hemignathus (ellisianus) lanaiensis † EX Lesser ʻakialoa , Akialoa obscura or Hemignathus obscurus † EX Common ʻamakihi , Hemignathus virens LC Oʻahu ʻamakihi , Hemignathus flavus VU Kauaʻi ʻamakihi , Hemignathus kauaiensis VU Greater ʻamakihi , Hemignathus sagittirostris † EX Maui nukupuʻu , Hemignathus affinis PE Kauai nukupuʻu , Hemignathus hanapepe PE Oʻahu nukupuʻu , Hemignathus lucidus † EX ʻAkiapolaʻau , Hemignathus munroi EN ʻAnianiau , Magumma parva VU ʻAkikiki , Oreomystis bairdi CR Hawaiʻi creeper , Oreomystis mana EN Oʻahu ʻalauahio , Paroreomyza maculata PE Maui ʻalauahio , Paroreomyza montana EN Lanaʻi ʻalauahio , Paroreomyza montana montana † EX Kakawahie , Paroreomyza flammea † EX ʻAkekeʻe , Loxops caeruleirostris CR Hawaiʻi ʻakepa , Loxops coccineus EN Maui ʻākepa , Loxops coccineus ochraceus † EX Oʻahu ʻākepa , Loxops coccineus wolstenholmei † EX ʻUla-ʻai-hawane , Ciridops anna † EX ʻIʻiwi , Vestiaria coccinea VU Hawaiʻi mamo , Drepanis pacifica † EX Black mamo , Drepanis funerea † EX ʻAkohekohe , Palmeria dolei CR ʻApapane , Himatione sanguinea LC Laysan honeycreeper , Himatione fraithii † EX Poʻouli , Melamprosops phaeosoma † EX
See also
References
(2005). Hawaii's Birds . Hawaii Audubon Society. Sixth ed.
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