 Because little is known about this species, the primary focus of recovery efforts so far have been estimating the population size and understanding its basic biology.Captive breeding, reintroduction, and habitat restoration are planned.On May 2015, a high-school teacher in Tamil Nadu, India by the name Prakash Vaithyanathan suggested International Astronomical Union to name a celestial body as Akikiki during the occasion of the 2015 IAU General Assembly conducted in Hawaii.