Native Birds

Twelve species of native birds found only in Hawaiʻi are facing extinction in the next few years. The federal government is funneling $1 million into the effort to save them.

A female nēnē was struck and killed by a car on Haleakalā Highway in Kahului this week. Here are some tips from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources on how to keep the endemic birds safe.

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Nearly half of Hawaiʻi’s 73 endemic birds have gone or are thought to be extinct. And 33% are either endangered or threatened. HPR's Jayna Omaye has more on the State of the Birds report.

Hawaiian Electric is developing a long-term plan to protect Maui’s native birds. Its Habitat Conservation Plan will be written in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

A new avian care center is opening on Oʻahu to keep up with the demand of seabirds falling out of the sky. The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center is opening an Oʻahu Satellite Office to accommodate the large number of fallen seabirds being delivered to avian hospitals.

Seabird fallout season is upon us. The Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center is asking the Oʻahu community to help deliver fallen seabirds to a hospital.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is concerned about birds that scientists say have been in Hawaiʻi for millions of years. The fear is that four species of native honeycreeper birds could become extinct.

Hawaiian Airlines is helping transport Indigenous bird eggs to an island off the coast of Mexico to protect them from sea-level rise. The black-footed albatross, or Kaʻupu, lay eggs on the shore of the Midway Atoll where they are in constant danger of being swept away.

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa have discovered ʻuaʻu kani, or wedge-tailed shearwater, have successful nesting rates in urban Oʻahu neighborhoods.