SWAP Species Fact Sheets
Species of Greatest Conservation Need
Terrestrial Mammal
- ‘Ope‘ape‘a (Hawaiian Hoary Bat)
Forest Birds
- O‘ahu ‘elepaio
- Kaua‘i ‘elepaio
- Hawai‘i ‘elepaio
- Hawai‘i ‘amakihi
- Kaua‘i ‘amakihi
- O‘ahu ‘amakihi
- Anianiau (lesser ‘amakihi)
- Akekee (Kaua‘i ‘akepa)
- Hawai’i ‘akepa
- Maui ‘akepa
- ‘Oma‘o (Hawai‘i thrush)
- Puaiohi (small Kaua‘i thrush)
- Kama‘o (large Kaua‘i thrush)
- Oloma‘o (Moloka‘i thrush)
- ‘Akikiki (Kaua‘i creeper)
- Hawai‘i creeper
- Maui ‘alauahio (Maui creeper)
- ‘Alauahio (O‘ahu creeper)
- Kakawahie (Moloka‘i creeper)
- Kaua‘i nuku pu‘u
- Maui nuku pu‘u
- Kaua’i ‘o‘o
- Bishop’s ‘o‘o
- ‘Akiapola‘au
- Po‘ouli
- ‘Apapane
- ‘I‘iwi
- Palila
- Maui parrotbill
- ‘Akohekohe (crested honeycreeper)
- ‘O‘u
- Kaua‘i ‘akialoa
- ‘Alala (Hawaiian crow)
Raptors
Waterbirds
- Koloa maoli (Hawaiian duck)
- ‘Alae ‘ula (Hawaiian common moorhen)
- ‘Alae ke‘o ke‘o (Hawaiian coot)
- Nene (Hawaiian goose)
- Ae‘o (Hawaiian stilt)
- Auku‘u (Black-crowned night heron)
Terrestrial Invertebrates
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- Stylommatophora, Archaeogastropoda (land snails)
- Acari (mites and ticks)
- Araneae (spiders)
- Pseudoscorpionida
- Archaeognatha (bristlethighs)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Collembola (springtails)
- Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Diptera (true flies)
- Heteroptera (true bugs)
- Homoptera (aphids, plant/leaf hoppers, psyllids, mealybugs, etc.)
- Hymenoptera (bees and wasps)
- Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
- Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions)
- Odonata (damselflies, dragonflies)
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids)
- Phthiraptera (lice)
- Psocoptera (bark lice, psocids)
- Siphonaptera (fleas)
- Thysanoptera (thrips)
- Isopoda (pillbugs, sowbugs)
- Geophilomorpha, Lithobimorpha (centipedes)
- Polyxenida, Spirostreptida (millipedes)
Migratory Birds
- Kolea (Pacific golden plover)
- ‘Akekeke (Ruddy turnstone)
- Koloa mapu (Northern pintail)
- Koloa moha (Northern shoveler)
- Lesser scaup
- Huna kai (Sanderling)
- ‘Ulili (Wandering tattler)
- American wigeon
- Kioea (Bristle-thighed curlew)
Seabirds
- Moli (Laysan albatross)
- Ka‘upu (Black-footed albatross)
- Koa‘e kea (White-tailed tropicbird)
- Koa‘e ‘ula (Red-tailed tropicbird)
- ‘Ou (Bulwer’s petrel)
- Bonin petrel
- ‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian petrel)
- ‘Ake‘ake (Band-rumped storm petrel)
- Tristram’s (sooty) storm petrel
- ‘Ua‘u kani (Wedge-tailed shearwater)
- ‘A‘o (Newell’s shearwater)
- Christmas shearwater
- Manu-o-ku (White (fairy) tern)
- ‘Ewa‘ewa (Sooty tern)
- Pakalakala (Gray-backed tern)
- Noio (Hawaiian black noddy)
- Noio-koha (Brown noddy)
- Blue-gray noddy
- ‘A (Masked (blue-faced) booby)
- ‘A (Brown booby)
- ‘A (Red-footed booby)
- ‘Iwa (Great frigatebird)
- Short-tailed albatross (migratory)
NWHI Passerines and Waterbird
Freshwater Fishes
Freshwater Invertebrates
- Clithon (pipiwai) and Neritilia snails
- Erinna and Lymnaea snails
- Ferressia snail
- Hapawai, Hihiwai
- Hawaiian prawn – Opae ‘oeha‘a
- Mountain shrimp – Opae kala‘ole
- Newcomb’s snail
Anchialine Pond Associated Animals
Marine Mammals
- Hawaiian monk seal
- Humpback whale
- Other baleen whales
- Bottlenose dolphin
- False killer whale
- Short-finned pilot whale
- Spinner dolphin
- Spotted dolphin
- Other toothed whales
Marine Reptiles
- Green sea turtle
- Hawksbill turtle
- Leatherback turtle
- Loggerhead turtle
- Olive ridley turtle
- Yellow-bellied sea snake
Marine Fishes
- Active reef fishes
- Baitfishes
- Bottomfishes
- Cryptic reef fishes
- Deep fishes
- Eels
- Flagtail – aholehole
- Flatfishes
- Hawaiian ladyfish
- Kumu – goatfish
- Parrotfishes – uhu
- Sex changing reef fishes
- Sharks and rays
- Seahorses and pipefishes
Marine Invertebrates
Flora:
Genetic Safety Net Species
- Abutilon eremitopetalum
- Achyranthes mutica
- Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis
- Amaranthus brownii
- Astelia waialealae
- Bidens hillebrandiana subsp. hillebrandiana
- Brighamia insignis
- Caesalpinia kavaiensis
- Chamaesyce eleanoriae
- Clermontia oblongifolia ssp. brevipes
- Clermontia oblongifolia subsp. mauiensis
- Clermontia peleana ssp. peleana
- Clermontia pyrularia
- Cyanea asarifolia
- Cyanea crispa
- Cyanea dunbariae
- Cyanea eleeleensis
- Cyanea gibsonii
- Cyanea glabra
- Cyanea grimesiana subsp. grimesiana
- Cyanea grimesiana subsp. obatae
- Cyanea hamatiflora subsp. carlsonii
- Cyanea kolekoleensis
- Cyanea kuhihewa
- Cyanea lobata
- Cyanea magnicalyx
- Cyanea maritae
- Cyanea munroi
- Cyanea obtusa
- Cyanea pinnatifida
- Cyanea platyphylla
- Cyanea procera
- Cyanea profuga
- Cyanea purpurellifolia
- Cyanea shipmanii
- Cyanea solanacea
- Cyanea stictophylla
- Cyanea st-johnii
- Cyanea superba subsp. superba
- Cyanea truncata
- Cyanea undulata
- Cyperus trachysanthos
- Cyrtandra gracilis
- Cyrtandra halawensis
- Cyrtandra hematos
- Cyrtandra kaulantha
- Cyrtandra paliku
- Cyrtandra polyantha
- Cyrtandra sessilis
- Cyrtandra viridiflora
- Cyrtandra waiolani
- Delissea niihauensis subsp. kauaiensis
- Delissea rhytidosperma
- Delissea rivularis
- Delissea subcordata
- Delissea undulata subsp. undulata
- Diellia erecta f. alexandri
- Diellia mannii
- Diellia pallida
- Diplazium molokaiense
- Doryopteris angelica
- Dryopteris podosorus var. podosorus
- Dubautia kenwoodii
- Dubautia pauciflorula
- Gahnia lanaiensis
- Gardenia brighamii
- Gouania vitifolia
- Hedyotis cookiana
- Hedyotis coriacea
- Hedyotis haupuensis
- Hedyotis mannii
- Hedyotis schlechtendahliana var. remyi
- Hedyotis st.-johnii
- Hesperomannia arbuscula
- Hibiscadelphus distans
- Hibiscadelphus giffardianus
- Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis
- Hibiscadelphus woodii
- Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. mokuleianus
- Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. molokaiana
- Hibiscus clayi
- Huperzia mannii
- Huperzia nutans
- Huperzia stemmermanniae
- Isodendrion pyrifolium
- Kanaloa kahoolawensis
- Kokia cookei
- Kokia drynarioides
- Labordia cyrtandrae
- Labordia lydgatei
- Labordia sp. nov
- Labordia tinifolia var. wahiawaensis
- Labordia triflora
- Lobelia monostachya
- Lysimachia filifolia
- Lysimachia iniki
- Lysimachia lydgatei
- Lysimachia maxima
- Lysimachia pendens
- Lysimachia scopulensis
- Melicope adscendens
- Melicope balloui
- Melicope cruciata
- Melicope degeneri
- Melicope haupuensis
- Melicope hiiakae
- Melicope knudsenii
- Melicope lydgatei
- Melicope mucronulata
- Melicope quadrangularis
- Melicope zahlbruckneri
- Myrsine mezii
- Neraudia ovata
- Nothocestrum peltatum
- Panicum niihauense
- Peperomia subpetiolata
- Phyllostegia brevidens
- Phyllostegia hirsuta
- Phyllostegia hispida
- Phyllostegia kaalaensis
- Phyllostegia knudsenii
- Phyllostegia mannii
- Phyllostegia mollis
- Phyllostegia parviflora var. glabriuscula
- Phyllostegia parviflora var. lydgatei
- Phyllostegia racemosa
- Phyllostegia renovans
- Phyllostegia waimeae
- Phyllostegia warshaueri
- Phyllostegia wawrana
- Pittosporum halophilum
- Platanthera holochila
- Pritchardia affinis
- Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii
- Pritchardia glabrata
- Prtichardia munroi
- Pritchardia schattaueri
- Pritchardia viscosa
- Psychotria grandiflora
- Psychotria hexandra subsp. oahuensis
- Remya mauiensis
- Remya montgomeryi
- Schiedea adamantis
- Schiedea attenuata
- Schiedea hawaiiensis
- Schiedea helleri
- Schiedea jacobii
- Schiedea kaalae
- Schiedea kauaiensis
- Schiedea nuttallii
- Schiedea obovata
- Schiedea spergulina var. leiopoda
- Schiedea viscosa
- Sesbania tomentosa
- Sicyos alba
- Sicyos lanceoloideus
- Silene alexandri
- Silene hawaiiensis
- Silene lanceolata
- Solanum incompletum
- Solanum sandwicense
- Stenogyne bifida
- Stenogyne campanulata
- Stenogyne kanehoana
- Tetramolopium lepidotum subsp. lepidotum
- Tetramolopium remyi
- Tetraplasandra bisattenuata
- Tetraplasandra flynii
- Trematolobelia singularis
- Urera kaalae
- Vicia menziesii
- Viola helenae
- Viola kauaiensis var. wahiawaensis
- Viola lanaiensis
- Wikstroemia skottsbergiana
- Xylosma crenatum
- Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. tomentosum
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