Birding Resources
Connections for teachers, birders, and conservation enthusiastsBirding Resources
- State of Hawai’i’s Department of Land and Natural Resources Native Forest Birds of Hawai’i.
- The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands Checklist by Robert and Peter Pyle. Bishop Museum Hawai’i Biological Survey.
- Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project has a variety of resources on Hawaiian ecosystems and job/volunteer listings.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Revised Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Forest Birds. See part II, page 2-77 for the Kiwikiu species account.
- American Bird Conservancy’s Hawai’i Program.
- Hawai’i Wildlife Center: rehabilitation center for birds of Hawai’i
- Hawaii’s Birds: A Vanishing Treasure Complete (1989)
- Bell, E. 2019. The Evolution of Hawaiian Honeycreepers.
Video/ Media Resources
- Bird Calls Radio. 2019. Hanna Mounce, PhD. Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.
- DLNR. 2019. The Rain Follows the Forest.
- DLNR. 2019. Kiwikiu Demo.
- DLNR. 2019. Kiwikiu Release at Nakula NAR Short.
- Hawaii Public Radio. 2019. The Conversation: Setbacks to Maui Forest Bird Recovery Efforts.
- Voices of the Sea. Saving the Kiwikiu. VOS6-09 Full Episode.
- Voices of the Sea. Saving the Kiwikiu Part 2. VOS 7-8 Full episode. Also check out the Hanauma Bay Lecture Series Talk-Story Zoominar on this episode.
- Ke Kāpili Manu Kahiko: Traditional Hawaiian Bird Catching
Field Guides
- Denny, Jim. 2009. A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Hawai’i. University of Hawai’i Press.
- Hawai’i Audubon Society. Hawai’i’s Birds.
- Pratt, H. Douglas. 2013. A Pocket Guide to Hawai’i’s Birds and their Habitats, 2nd edition. Mutual Publishing.
- Haleakalā and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park’s Hawai’i Forest Birds App (download on your iPhone or Android in PlayStore)
- Audubon Bird Guide App
- The CornellLab Merlin Bird ID App
Books
- Pratt, H. Douglas. 2005. Hawaiian Honeycreepers. OUP Oxford.Powell, Alvin. 2008.
- The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird: The Discovery and Death of the Po’ouli. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
- Pratt, Thane K., Carter T. Atkinson, Paul Christian Banko, James D. Jacobi, Bethany Lee Woodworth, editors. 2009. Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Avifauna. Yale University Press.
- Walther, Michael. 2016. Extinct Birds of Hawai’i. Mutual Publishing, LLC.
- Ziegler, Alan. 2002. Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawai’i Press.
Also see Birding on Maui and Birding Links.
