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57 relations: Aliʻi, Altitudinal migration, Arthropod, Avian influenza, Avian malaria, Binomial nomenclature, Bird egg, Bird nest, Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Bristle-thighed curlew, Conservation Biology (journal), Down feather, Endangered species, Extinction, Feather cloak, Fledge, Flower, Folklore in Hawaii, Fowlpox, Georg Forster, Greek language, Hawaii (island), Hawaii mamo, Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian lobelioids, Hummingbird, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Invasive species, Kauai, Lanai, Larva, Latin, List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form, Mahiole, Maui, Mauna Kea, Metrosideros polymorpha, Molokai, Mosquito, Moulting, Nature reserve, Near-threatened species, Nectar, Nectarivore, Nobility, Oahu, PDF, Petal, Pig, ..., Proto-Polynesian language, Sickle, Society for Conservation Biology, Species, The Nature Conservancy, Vulnerable species, Whistle. Expand index (7 more) »
Aliʻi
Aliʻi is a word in the Hawaiian language that refers to the hereditary line of rulers, the noho ali'i, of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Altitudinal migration
Altitudinal migration is a short-distance animal migration from lower altitudes to higher altitudes and back.
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Arthropod
An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.
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Avian influenza
Avian influenza—known informally as avian flu or bird flu is a variety of influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds.
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Avian malaria
Avian malaria is a parasitic disease of birds, caused by parasite species belonging to the genera Plasmodium and Hemoproteus (phylum Apicomplexa, class Haemosporidia, family Plasmoiidae).
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Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Bird egg
Bird eggs are laid by the females and incubated for a time that varies according to the species; a single young hatches from each egg.
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Bird nest
A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young.
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Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is a paperback book, written by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union.
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Bristle-thighed curlew
The bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands.
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Conservation Biology (journal)
Conservation Biology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, published by Wiley-Blackwell and established in May 1987.
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Down feather
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.
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Extinction
In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.
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Feather cloak
Feather cloaks have been used by several cultures.
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Fledge
Fledging is the stage in a volant animal's life between hatching or parturition and flight.
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Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).
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Folklore in Hawaii
Folklore in Hawaii in modern times is a mixture of various aspects of Hawaiian mythology and various urban legends that have been passed on regarding various places in the Hawaiian islands.
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Fowlpox
Fowlpox is the worldwide disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
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Georg Forster
Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27, 1754Many sources, including the biography by Thomas Saine, give Forster's birth date as November 26; according to Enzensberger, Ulrich (1996) Ein Leben in Scherben, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag,, the baptism registry of St Peter in Danzig lists November 27 as the date of birth and December 5 as the date of baptism. – January 10, 1794) was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary.
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Greek language
Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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Hawaii (island)
Hawaiʻi is the largest island located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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Hawaii mamo
The Hawaii mamo (Drepanis pacifica) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper.
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Hawaiian honeycreeper
Hawaiian honeycreepers are small, passerine birds endemic to Hawaiokinai.
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Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
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Hawaiian lobelioids
The Hawaiian lobelioids are a group of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, all of which are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
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Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Invasive species
An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.
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Kauai
Kauai, anglicized as Kauai, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands.
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Lanai
Lānai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form
This is a List of adaptive radiated Hawaiian honeycreepers by form; these are the Hawaiian honeycreepers, especially the extinct forms, lost through late-European colonization.
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Mahiole
Hawaiian feather helmets, known as mahiole in the Hawaiian language, were worn with feather cloaks (ʻahu ʻula).
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Maui
The island of Maui (Hawaiian) is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th-largest island in the United States.
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Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii.
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Metrosideros polymorpha
Metrosideros polymorpha, the ōhia lehua, is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaiokinai.
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Molokai
Molokai (Hawaiian), nicknamed “The Friendly Isle”, is the fifth largest island of eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Island Chain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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Mosquito
Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae.
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Moulting
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Near-threatened species
A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.
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Nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.
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Nectarivore
In zoology, a nectarivore is an animal which derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of the sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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Oahu
O‘ahu (often anglicized Oahu) known as "The Gathering Place" is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Petal
Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.
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Pig
A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.
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Proto-Polynesian language
Proto-Polynesian (abbreviated PPn) is the hypothetical proto-language from which all the modern Polynesian languages descend.
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Sickle
A sickle, or bagging hook, is a hand-held agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting, or reaping, grain crops or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock, either freshly cut or dried as hay.
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Society for Conservation Biology
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is an 501(c)3 non-profit international professional organization that is dedicated to conserving biodiversity.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a charitable environmental organization, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Whistle
A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻIʻiwi
