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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]
The nēnē-nui (Hawaiian: "great nēnē") or wood-walking goose (translation of Branta hylobadistes) is an extinct species of goose that once inhabited Maui and possibly (or closely related species) Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and perhaps Molokaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.
Nene (bird) → – or Hawaiian Goose. This page was renamed from Hawaiian Goose, following the IOC World Bird List, the usual standard for bird names. However, as pointed out at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds#Locked moves/Punctuation, the article should either be called Hawaian Goose or Nēnē. Hawaiian Goose is probably the more common name ...
Known as "nēnē" in the local language, Hawaiian geese are the "rarest" geese in the world, according to the National Park Service. The birds are listed as endangered in Hawaii, the only place on ...
Haleakalā is steeped in Native Hawaiian history and culture. “Native Hawaiians have lived on and mālama (cared for) the land for over 1,000 years,” according to the park, which notes that ...
William Herbert's youngest son Herbert Cornelius Shipman (1892–1976) took over the W.H. Shipman Company in 1943 after his father's death. Herbert is best known for breeding the endangered Hawaiian goose (known as nēnē in the Hawaiian language, Branta sandvicensis). He started with four birds in 1918 at his coastal Puna Shipman estate ...
Kear died in 2004. At the time of her death, she was working on a biography of the early medieval saint Werburgh, who had an affinity with geese and is famous for bringing a goose back from the dead. [3] From 2019, the BOU's redesigned Union Medal was renamed the "Janet Kear Union Medal", in her honour. [4]
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