Many Native Pollinators in Hawaii Were Driven Extinct by Non-Native

Many native pollinators in Hawaii were driven extinct by non-native species.Now, many beautiful native Hawaiian flowers are pollinated by the Japanese white-eye bird.At first, Japanese white-eyes coexisted with native birds, but recently their numbers have increased in old-growth forests, leaving native birds too little to eat and threatening their survival.Today, the Japanese white-eye could best be classified as

A) both introduced and invasive.
B) invasive, but not introduced.
C) introduced, but not invasive.
D) both pathogenic and invasive.
E) both pathogenic and introduced.

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