Study Predicts Grim Future for Hawaii’s Rarest Forest Birds (1 Viewer)

Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey found that without immediate and proactive conservation measures, climate change and disease could completely wipe out the 'Akeke'e and 'Akikiki, two species of honeycreepers, and the secretive Puaiohi, or Small Kauai Thrush.

All three are endangered -- each with a population of fewer than 1,000 -- and are found only in a 25-square-kilometer area of the Alakai Swamp on Kauai, the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands.
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“…no place on Earth is home to more bird species under threat of extinction.” http://abcbirds.org/program/hawaii/

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