Hawaii creeper (Oreomystis mana)

Author:

Lepson, Jaan Kaimanu, Woodworth, Bethany L.

Title:

Hawaii creeper (Oreomystis mana)

Periodical:

The Birds of North America, No. 680, 2002

Year:

2002

Pages:

p.1-23

Subject:

Hawaii Creeper

Summary:

This document gives a history of the Hawaiian Creeper, a bird that lacks a spectacular bill, brilliant colors, complex songs, conspicuous behavior, and a Hawaiian name for this species. Here the reader will find information on its distinguishing characteristics, its distribution in the Hawaiian archipelago, its historical changes, the fossil history, related species, its habitat, feeding habits and diet, its vocalizations and nonvocal sounds, its locomotion, self-maintenance, agnostic, sexual, social, as well as its interspecific behavior. In addition, information regarding the phenology, nest sites, construction, structure, composition, maintenance and reuse of nests is described, along with a full description of their life stages, the disease and parasites by which they are afflicted, their population status, the causes of mortality, and a description of the conservation and management plan is given, as well as information regarding the priorities that are set for the future research of these bird populations.

Collection:

Monographs