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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.
Eight of the 14 native bird species occurring at Hakalau are endangered. Thirteen migratory bird species and 20 introduced species, including eight game birds, as well as the endangered ʻopeʻapeʻa (Hawaiian hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus) also frequent the refuge. Twenty-nine rare plant species are known from the refuge and adjacent lands.
Because the Estate of James Campbell intended to sell large parcels in the Kahuku area by 2007, including lands surrounding the two refuge units, the Hawaii congressional delegation with support from state and city agencies and the local community introduced two bills to expand the refuge to a total of 1,100 acres (450 ha).
Mauritius night heron (X) Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton, E & Gadow, 1893) 27 Rodrigues night heron (X) Nycticorax megacephalus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) 28 Nankeen night heron: Nycticorax caledonicus (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 29 Malayan night heron: Gorsachius melanolophus (Raffles, 1822) 30 Japanese night heron: Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck, 1836) 31 ...
The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America, as well as far northwestern South America, the Caribbean and the Galápagos Islands.
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The smallest species is usually considered the dwarf bittern, which measures 25–30 cm (10–12 in) in length, although all the species in the genus Ixobrychus are small and many broadly overlap in size. The largest species of heron is the goliath heron, which stands up to 152 cm (60 in) tall. All herons can retract their necks by folding them ...
The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging heron species.It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Palearctic.The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.