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Hawaii (island), Oahu, and Maui The last individual was collected on the island of Hawaii in 1859. Fossils indicate that this species or a very similar one was also found on Maui and Oahu before European contact. Deforestation, hunting, and introduced predators likely contributed to its extinction. [23] Narrow-billed kioea?Chaetoptila sp. Maui
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]
This is a list of animal species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands, ... Brush-tailed rock-wallaby - small population on Oahu; Reptiles. Anolis sagrei ...
Fauna of Hawaii — animals native to or naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, part of the Oceania ecozone fauna. Subcategories. This category has the following 9 ...
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.
Pages in category "Mammals of Hawaii" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Hawaiian hoary bat;
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 ...
This list of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands includes only those species known to have established self-sustaining breeding populations as a direct or indirect result of human intervention. A complete list of all non-native species ever imported to the islands, including those that never became established, would be much longer.