nene

Where Is Nene In Hawaii? Nene Species: B. sandvicensis Binomial name Branta sandvicensis (Vigors, 1833) Synonyms Did Hawaiians eat nene? Though the people who became native Hawaiians did hunt nene to some extent and introduced predators including dogs and pigs, it is estimated that the nene still numbered around 25,000 on the Big Island alone