Guinness World Records America Inc. has confirmed that a South Kona woman’s giant avocado is one for the books.

Pamela Wang of Kealakekua sparked worldwide attention earlier this month after she stumbled upon a gargantuan avocado during one of her walks, West Hawaii Today reports.

Guinness confirmed to Wang in an email this week that she had indeed found the heaviest avocado on record, weighing 5 pounds, 3.6 ounces.

After the initial report Dec. 2, the story was picked up by The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the “Today” show, Britain’s Daily Mail and the South China Post, among other outlets.

Rare bird colony found in Army area

A nest of the endangered band-rumped storm petrel has been found at the Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, nearly 7,000 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa.

That makes it the seabird’s only confirmed colony in the state, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports.

The breeding site was documented by a team of biologists charged with identifying and protecting endangered species.

“What we’re seeing now is these are really the small relics of the last survivors,” said Lena Schnell, senior project manager at PTA’s Natural Resource Office. “The reason they are up at high elevations is speculatively because of predator pressure.”

But they face threats even at that elevation. So far, the Army team has captured six feral cats near the underground nest.

Rats and barn owls also pose a threat.

The petrels are the smallest and rarest seabirds in Hawaii. Schnell said they can fit in the palm of a hand.

No military training takes place in the area of the nest, Schnell said.