Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Mao (Gymnomyza samoensis) - HBW 13, p. 670
French:
Méliphage mao
German: Maohonigfresser
Spanish:
Mielero Mao
Other common names: Black-breasted/Mao Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Merops
samoensis Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841, Upolu, Samoa.
Relationships
not known; formerly placed in genus Leptornis
or Amoromyza,
both now defunct, and has been suggested as being closest to
Melidectes.
Few specimens from American Samoa (Tutuila; now extinct) on average
slightly larger and somewhat darker, especially on head, than other
populations, but differences too trivial to warrant naming of
geographical races. Monotypic.
Distribution: Savai’i and Upolu, in Samoa.
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A bird at the nest feeding its chick with a small lizard. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 27 August 2012 21 weeks ago 49 sec 4.9 -
An adult arriving to the nest and brooding the chick to shelter it from the rain, seen from above. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 27 August 2012 21 weeks ago 1 min 24 sec 4.8 -
An adult bird arriving at the nest, grooming its well-grown chick for a few seconds and then flying off. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 27 August 2012 21 weeks ago 47 sec 4.8 -
A well-grown chick at the nest, flapping the wings and preening while an adult is grooming it. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 28 August 2012 21 weeks ago 54 sec 4.7 -
Two shots of a bird feeding its chick in the nest and removing a faecal sac, seen from above. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 27 August 2012 21 weeks ago 27 sec 4.7 -
An adult coming to the nest to protect its chick from the rain. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
rs1980 27 August 2012 21 weeks ago 33 sec 4.7
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Adult female in the hand
Locality Upolu Island, Samoa, Samoa Islands
rs1980 1 December 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A juvenile perched in a tree, seen from below.
Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2012 23 weeks ago 2.6 -
Mao feeding on a banana flower
Locality Upolu Island, Samoa, Samoa Islands
rs1980 1 December 2010 1 year ago 2.1
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Calls by one bird in the forest. Locality Le Fale O Le Fee, Upolu Island, Samoa
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2012 23 weeks ago 4 -
Duet of a pair Locality Upolu Island, Samoa, Samoa Islands
rs1980 1 December 2010 1 year ago 3
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