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Chasiempis sandwichensis

'Elepaio

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: near threatenedvulnerable

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1851

First collected

1901

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

253 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1850s1900s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1851 by J D Mills &/or Hawelu and other native collectors (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1901; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as October 23, 2026.

Alive today

515 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.