The Elepaio, Chasiempis sandwichensis, is one of the Monarch Flycatchers. It lives in Hawaii. As with most endemic Hawaiian birds, it is endangered in at least part of its range.
It is known as an early riser and late to bed. It sings during those times when other birds are silent. It is also one of the few birds that was eaten by native Hawaiians.
Classification:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Monarchidae
Genus: Chasiempis
Species: C. sandwichensis
Photos:
Hawaii Elepaio
Volcanoes NP, Hawaii. March 27, 2007
Photo courtesy of brad.schram
Elepaio
The Kauai race of Elepaio is the least colorful. This was taken on the boardwalk in the Alakai
Photo courtesy of BobLewis
elepaio
in saddle region of Big Island
Photo courtesy of IslandKine
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Commentary:
if the site isn’t going to separate the three species of ‘elepaio, it should at least just reduce the title of this page to " ‘elepaio ". "hawaiian ‘elepaio" doesn’t make much sense. Read more…
Estria’s Art Shows, Murals & Graffiti Ramblings: Trash in the …
The bird next to him is a native elepaio bird. The goddess Hina sometimes appears as the elepaio. It took 5 days to complete. This mural was featured on KITV4 news segment. It is located at the corner of King St. and Pawa’a, … Read more…
Protection for gorgeous Hawai’i tree snails
“The area provides habitat for common native forest birds such as the ‘apapane, ‘amakihi and ‘elepaio. The Hawaiian owl, or pueo, and the endangered Hawaiian hawk, ‘io, have been seen here, while the endangered Hawaiian duck, koloa, … Read more…
A cute little (one-eyed) Elepaio (”el-uh-pie-yoh”) we saw in Kokee. This is a native bird species to Hawaii. Very cute and LOTS of personality! This is the state bird of Hawaii: Nene (”nay-nay”) and is a relative of the goose. … Read more…
The Army’s main focus is the Elepaio which live on the land they train on. They’re cute lil brownish birds with longish tail feathers. Let’s see, what else is there…ah, during heavy rains, like last month, we do fence line checks to … Read more…
elepaio means elephant in hawaiian. you know, like calling a big guy "tiny." and "rikki" was short for rikki tikki tembo…no sa rembo…chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo. i became very fond of them. i even panicked when one of them got … Read more…
