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Maui Alauahio - BirdForum Opus

Photo by bkrownd
Waikamoi Preserve, Maui Hawaii, April 2009

Alternative name: Maui Creeper

Paroreomyza montana

Identification

Males are bright yellow, with females and juveniles a duller yellow. 'Alauahio usually move around in very talkative small groups.

Distribution

East Maui, Hawaii

Taxonomy

Monotypic

Habitat

Both native and alien forest. Population densities are highest in intact contiguous native forests on windward East Maui, but remnant populations persist in fragmented and degraded forests on leeward East Maui.

Behaviour

It creeps along trunks, branches and twigs, flipping over bark and lichen in search of insects and grub.

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