Akiapolaau

Scientific name: Hemignathus munroi

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, above 3,500′ in ‘ohi’a-koa forests.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Amakihi

Scientific name: Hemignathus virens virens

Status: Not protected

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, above 2,000′ in native forests.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Apapane

Scientific name: Himatione sanguinea

Status: Not protected

Distribution: All main islands, in ‘ohi’a forests.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Hawaii Elepaio

Scientific name: Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in native forests

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Hawaii Creeper

Scientific name: Oreomystis mana

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in koa-‘ohi’a forests

Best Adventures to Observe: Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

I’iwi

Scientific name: Vestiaria coccinea

Status: Not protected

Distribution: Hawai’I, Kaua’i, and Maui in native forests above 2,000′.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Omao

Scientific name: Myadestes obscurus

Status: Not protected

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in windward forests above 3,000′.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest, Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Akepa

Scientific name: Loxops coccineus

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in forests above 4,500′.

Best Adventures to Observe: Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Nene

Scientific name: Branta sandvicensis

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island and Maui, in scrubland, grassland, and sparsley vegetated slopes.

Best Adventures to Observe: Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge

Palila

Scientific name: Loxioides Bailleui

Status: Endangered

Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in mamane-naio forests from 6,000′ to 9,000′.

Best Adventures to Observe: Rainforest and Dryforest