Astelia waialealae
Pa`iniu
Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: critically endangeredcritically imperiled
Photo: (c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG) (iNaturalist)
12
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1868
First collected
1989
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
Two centuries of collecting
1860s1980s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1868 by Wawra, H. (Kauaʻi). The Museum last collected it in 1989; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as June 26, 2025.
Alive today
3 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
