Restoration techniques for Hawaiian forest birds: collection of eggs, artificial incubation and hand-rearing of chicks, and release to the wild

Author:

Kuehler, Cyndi, Lieberman, Alan, Harrity, Peter, Kuhn, Marla, Kuhn, Jope, McIlraith, Barbara, Turner, John

Title:

Restoration techniques for Hawaiian forest birds: collection of eggs, artificial incubation and hand-rearing of chicks, and release to the wild

Periodical:

Evolution, ecology, conservation, and management of Hawaiian birds : a vanishing avifauna

Year:

2001

Pages:

354-358

Subject:

Birds hand rearing Birds eggs Alala Hawaii Amakihi Akohekohe Hawaii Creeper Palila Omao Endangered species birds

Summary:

Since 1993, 153 endemic passerine chicks of 11 species of native Hawaiian sonbirds have been artificially hatched and hand-reared and later released to the wild. The birds include Hawaii Amakihi, Omao, Iiwi, Hawaii Elepaio, Apapane, Palila, Hawaii Creeper, Akohekohe and Alala. The methods and techniques are discussed in the article.

Collection:

Monographs