Hawai'i 'Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens).

Many factors including habitat destruction, invasive plants, non-native predators and competitors, and introduced diseases have decimated the diverse, endemic native forest bird community of Hawai‘i. In particular, avian malaria ( Plasmodium relictum ), which is transmitted by the introduced Southern House Mosquito ( Culex quinquefasciatus ), has caused dramatic declines and extinctions in many...