For the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, the ʻula-ʻai-hāwane, and the black mamo, any help comes too late, but the still existing honeycreepers (Drepanidini) and numerous other bird species on the Hawaiian Islands can still be saved. An unusual measure could now secure the survival of the endangered species. The problem: Avian malaria
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The ʻakiapolaʻau (Hemignathus munroi) is among the species in Hawaii threatened by avian malaria, against which they have no natural immunity. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the bird as "critically endangered." (© Photographer: Carter Atkinson, U.S. Geological Survey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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