Haleakala National Park crater district resources basic inventory: birds
Conant S and Stemmermann M. 1979. Haleakala National Park crater district resources basic inventory: birds. Technical report 26. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Honolulu, HI
During f i e l d surveys conducted i n t h e Crater D i s t r i c t of Haleakala National Park, the authors recorded 23 species of birds in 22 genera and 15 families. Five species are endemic and two contain subspecies endemic to Maui county. Of four indigenous species p r e s e n t , two contain subspecies endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago. Among the endemic and indigenous species and subspecies, - - two ( t h e 'Ua'u, Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis, and the Nene, Branta sandvicensis) a r e c u r r e n t l y l i s t e d as endangered on the federal endangered species 1 ist. Four teen introduced species were observed i n t h e Crater D i s t r i c t . Two of these species, the Japanese White-eye (Zosterops j aponica) and the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus), were widespread and abundant, but t h e i r impact on native bird populations is unknown. Ecologi c a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s of the c r a t e r - a c i f auna and management programs for the endangered species are discussed.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Conant, Sheila; Stemmermann, Maile
- Date of Issue
- 1979-07
- Publisher
- Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
- Units
- HALE
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Birds, Birds (Aves), Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Crater District (Haleakala National Park), House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus), Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonica), Mau`i HI, Nene (Nesochen sandvicensis), Resource Basic Inventory (RBI), 'ua'u (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis)