Jonee Peters, executive director of the Conservation Council of Hawaii, said the work cannot begin soon enough, noting six birds declared extinct earlier this month were Hawaiian honeycreepers.
The ulūlu (aka the Nīhoa Millerbird) was downgraded from critically endangered to endangered ... can prevent extinctions of any other Hawaiian birds,” Farmer told Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
The Hawaiian birds declared extinct today are a case in point. Their forest habitats were razed by development and agriculture. The introduction to the islands of mosquitoes, which are not native and ...
“Hawaiian birds face many threats ... these birds unanimously agree that all four species will likely go extinct in the next two to 10 years unless something is done to prevent the spread ...