Hawaii’s Native Birds
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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
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
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
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
Scientific name: Oreomystis mana
Status: Endangered
Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in koa-‘ohi’a forests
Best Adventures to Observe: Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge
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
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
Scientific name: Loxops coccineus
Status: Endangered
Distribution: Hawai’i Island only, in forests above 4,500′.
Best Adventures to Observe: Hakalau Forest Wildlife Refuge
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
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