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The eggs and young of the palila, an endangered species

Author:
Berger, Andrew J.
Title:
The eggs and young of the palila, an endangered species
Periodical:
Condor
Year:
1970
Volume:
72
Pages:
238-240
Subject:
Palila Loxioides bailleui Endangered species birds Kaohe Game Management Area Mamane Sophora chrysophylla Mamane-naio forest Birds eggs
Summary:
Endemic to the island of Hawaii, the Palila (Psittirostra bailleui), is one of the few surviving "finch billed" members of the Hawaiian honeycreeper family (Drepanidinae) that is restricted to the mamane (Sophora chrysophylla)-naio (Myoporum sandwicense) forest -- the only large extant forest of its kind that is located on the slopes of Mauna Kea. Here, the Palila lives largely on the seeds and flowers of the mamane tree. This document describes field work that was done in the 1960s in an effort to determine the status of the Palila. Here, the author presents the first photographs of a nest, eggs, and newly-hatched young of the Palila.
Label:
Birds - Palila
URL:
https://sora.unm.edu/node/101938
Date:
1970
Collection:
Periodicals