The bird is about 8 1/2 inches long and looks like a black cardinal, according to MISC. Adults are dark with a pointed crest on their head, a white abdomen and rump and crimson under the tail, as ...

Hawaii’s state bird is making a comeback. The nene (prounounced “nay-nay”) dwindled to fewer than 100 birds in the wild; today that number is greater than 3,000.

White terns make no nest whatsoever. The female lays her egg in the crook of a tree branch or on a bare rocky ledge. If the parents choose a site that holds their egg through incubation and ...

Mauna Kea, Hawaii — “PALILA!” Rob Pacheco cried out in a voice most people reserve for “Hallelujah!” He slammed his giant, teal-colored truck to a halt on a gutted dirt road, 9,000 feet ...

Introduced Japanese White-eyes Pose Major Threat To Hawaii's Native And Endangered Birds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 09 / 090917131540.htm ...

Maui is a veritable Eden for species such as the wedge-tailed shearwater, white-tailed tropicbird, brown booby, myna, kiwikiu and nene — the state bird and the world’s rarest goose.

HONOLULU (KITV) — Alarming statistics for Hawaii’s native forest bird species: nearly half of them are now extinct. Of the dozens of species left, half are now threatened or endangered. But it ...

Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.