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The nene (Branta sandvicensis), also known as the nēnē or the Hawaiian goose, is a species of bird endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The nene is exclusively found in the wild on the islands of Oahu, [4] Maui, Kauaʻi, Molokai, and Hawaiʻi. In 1957, it was designated as the official state bird of the state of Hawaiʻi. [5]
In the 1950’s, there were only about 30 Nene, according to the Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR). Now, Hawaii is home to almost 3,000. Adults stand by as dog tramples nēnē nest at ...
The nene is the official state bird of Hawaii.. This list of birds of Hawaii is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of Hawaii as determined by Robert L. and Peter Pyle of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and modified by subsequent taxonomic changes.
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 ...
Below is a list of U.S. state birds as designated by each state's, ... Hawaii: Nene: Branta sandvicensis: 1957 [16] Idaho: Mountain bluebird: Sialia currucoides: 1931 ...
It's home to a motley crew of 400 ducks, geese and chickens, including a hybrid goose that belongs to one of the world's rarest populations of geese, the Hawaiian Nene.
Most travelers may take birds flying past for granted, but 95 of the 142 endemic bird species that were only found in Hawaii are completely gone. Those that are left mostly endangered – or haven ...
Extinct birds of Hawaii (75 P) H. Hawaiian honeycreepers (10 C, 89 P) Pages in category "Endemic birds of Hawaii" ... Nene (bird) Newell's shearwater; Nihoa finch;