What is Hawaiis Rarest Bird?
A. The Po’o-uli is Hawai’i’s rarest native bird and numbers just three birds, one male and two females, which all live in separate areas in the forest of the East Maui Wilderness at Hanawi. A translocation project where one of the females was moved to the male’s territory in early 2002 was unfortunately not a success, with the female bird flying back to her home territory the day after being moved. Scientists are now considering capturing the remaining three birds and taking them to San Diego Zoo where they will be placed in a captive breeding program. Will this spell the end for the most recently discovered Hawaiian endemic bird?
