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Paroreomyza maculata

Alternative name(s): Oahu Creeper

Identification

11 cm. Male yellow below, olive-green above with dark lores fading into eye-stripe and distinct yellow superciliary. Female greenish-grey above, pale yellowish-white below, with two prominent, pale wing-bars, pale lores and dark line behind eye only.

Distribution

Endemic to O'ahu in Hawaii.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Behaviour

It is believed that the diet included carabid beetles. One nest with two eggs was collected in late January 1901.

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