Hawaii Island Endemic Rain Forest Birds

Taxonomic organization by phylogenetic sequence (Berger, A. J. (1972) Hawaiian Birdlife, University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, 270 pp.); genus and species subsequently revised from Internet sources.

Order Family Genus species

Falconiformes Accipitridae (Hawks, Kites, Eagles O.W. Vultures) I’o – Buteo solitarius

Strigiformes Strigidae (Typical Owls) Pueo – Asio flammeus sandwichensis

Passiformes Turdidae (Thrushes, Robins, Bluebirds and Solitaires) Oma’o – Myadestes obscurus

Musicapidae (Old World Flycatchers) Elepaio – Chasiempis sandwichensis

Drepanididae (Honeycreepers)

Subfamily Psittirostrinae Hawaii Amakihi – Hemignathus virens

Hawaii Creeper – Oreomystis mana

Akepa – Loxops coccinea

Akiapo’olau – Hemignathus munroi

Palila – Loxioides bailleui

Subfamily Drepanidinae ‘Apapane – Himatione sanguinea sanguinea

I’iwi – Vestiaria coccinea coccinea