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Hawaii Island locations of reintroduced Alala from automated radio telemetry tracking system, 2017 cohort

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Publication Date
Start Date
2017-09-26
End Date
2018-05-19

Citation

Paxton, E., 2021, Hawaii Island locations of reintroduced Alala from automated radio telemetry tracking system, 2017 cohort: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ON5BP0.

Summary

Alala, or Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis), were extinct in the wild since the early 2000s. The first effort to reintroduce captive bred Alala back into the wild was conducted at Puu Makaala Natural Area Reserve on Hawaii Island. The 2017 release cohort were released in two stages and were the only Alala in the wild. Using automated radio telemetry tracking towers (n=4) that were distributed around the release area, we tracked the birds from September 26, 2017, to May 19, 2018, to document early exploratory movement of these birds in the wild.

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Point of Contact :
Eben Paxton
Process Contact :
Eben Paxton
Originator :
Eben Paxton
Metadata Contact :
Eben Paxton
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Alala_metadata.csv 21.53 MB text/csv
BW RM Alala, AMTJ_3479 REDUCED.jpg
“Reintroduced Alala at Puu Makaala, Hawa`i Island (photo: A. Tanimoto-Johnson).”
thumbnail 187.57 KB image/jpeg

Purpose

The purpose of data collection was to document movement in the first year of the 2017 reintroduction cohort, who were the only Alala in the wild at the time. The data provides important information on how Alala explore their environment and release landscape.
Reintroduced Alala at Puu Makaala, Hawa`i Island (photo: A. Tanimoto-Johnson).
Reintroduced Alala at Puu Makaala, Hawa`i Island (photo: A. Tanimoto-Johnson).

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  • Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center
  • USGS Data Release Products

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