Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_kauai_elepaio
Kauai Elepaio
Chasiempis sclateri
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About Kauai Elepaio
Kauai Elepaio (Chasiempis sclateri) is recorded as a native resident on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.
Kauaʻi evidence
Bishop Museum island checklist (version 2, 2017) lists Kauaʻi status R: native resident. See original island table. The record includes Kauaʻi-specific or clearly defined regional evidence appropriate to its stated occurrence status.
Occurrence evidence
bishop_island_checklist_2017
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Chasiempis sclateri
- Common names
- Kauai Elepaio
- Family
- Monarchidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi documented: native resident (2017 island checklist)
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Island occurrence supported by the 2017 checklist; abundance and current year presence are not established here
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Forest
- Food and resource needs
- Forages primarily on small insects and spiders in leaf litter and along ohia branches.
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within forest.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Needs continued tracking for the same forest stressors affecting native birds: disease, habitat change, predators, and climate-mediated vector expansion
- Conservation actions
- Maintain high-elevation native forest integrity, preserve insect prey base, monitor population trend, and use as a living forest-health indicator
- Monitoring
- Track occurrence, abundance, habitat condition, breeding or seasonal use, and significant threats.
- Data gaps
- Update island status with dated contemporary records · Specific Kauaʻi habitat and abundance need local evidence
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Living Relatively Stable High Elevation
- Seasonal description
- Kauai Elepaio (Chasiempis sclateri) is recorded as a native resident on Kauaʻi in the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist. This is a documented island occurrence, not a claim of an individual sighting in 2026.