Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae)
Maui Alauahio (Paroreomyza montana) - HBW 15, p. 649
French: Alauahio de Maui
German: Mauiastläufer
Spanish: Alauahio de Maui
Other common names: Alauahio, Maui/Lanai Creeper, Creeper
Taxonomy: Himatione montana S. B. Wilson, 1890, Lanai.
Placement of genus in present family questioned, but DNA studies indicate that it is a very early branch of the family. This species was in the past sometimes placed in genus Loxops. Has been considered conspecific with P. maculata, and both were until recently combined in a single species with P. flammea (now extinct), Oreomystis bairdi and Manucerthia mana. Somewhat duller-backed birds on Maui described as race newtoni, distinct from those on Lanai (where now extinct), but differences only slight and probably represent fragments of a former cline. M.. View all taxonomy...
Placement of genus in present family questioned, but DNA studies indicate that it is a very early branch of the family. This species was in the past sometimes placed in genus Loxops. Has been considered conspecific with P. maculata, and both were until recently combined in a single species with P. flammea (now extinct), Oreomystis bairdi and Manucerthia mana. Somewhat duller-backed birds on Maui described as race newtoni, distinct from those on Lanai (where now extinct), but differences only slight and probably represent fragments of a former cline. Monotypic.
Distribution: Maui, in Hawaiian Is.
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A bird foraging in a tree. Locality Waikamoi Preserve, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 42 sec 4.7 -
A bird foraging and calling. Locality Waikamoi Preserve, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 31 sec 4.7 -
A bird taking tiny insects by pecking on the underside of a leaf, repeated at slow motion (33%). Locality Waikamoi Preserve, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 31 sec 3.4
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Juvenile or female feeding on Ohia tree
Locality Maui, Hawaiian Islands
Aleix Comas 27 July 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
male
Locality Maui, Hawaiian Islands
Aleix Comas 27 July 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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A bird singing. Locality Waikamoi Preserve, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Single note calls given by a bird while foraging. Locality Waikamoi Preserve, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaiian Islands
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 March 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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