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Olomaʻo
The olomao (''Myadestes lanaiensis'') is a small, dark solitaire (bird), solitaire endemic to Maui, Lanai, Lānai and Molokai, Molokai in the Hawaiian Islands. It is listed as Critically Endangered or possibly extinct. The extinct ʻĀmaui, ʻāmaui, either a subspecies of ''M. lanaiensis'' or a distinct species (as ''M. woahensis''), was endemic to Oahu, Oʻahu. Description It grows up to 7 inches in length. The male and female of the species look similar. It is dark brown above and gray below with blackish legs. Call Its song consists of a complex melody of flute-like notes, liquid warbles, and gurgling whistles. The call is a catlike rasp, with an alternate high pitched note similar to a police whistle. Behavior and diet It occurs in densely vegetated gulches, frequenting the understory where it often perches motionless in a hunched posture. Like other native Hawaiian thrushes, it quivers its wings and feeds primarily on fruit and insects. Conservation The olomao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kāmaʻo
The kāmao or large Kauai thrush (''Myadestes myadestinus'') was a small, dark solitaire endemic to Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Characteristics The adult bird grew up to in length. The male and female of the species looked similar. It was dark brown above and gray below, with black legs. It was closely related to the other species of Hawaiian thrushes, the Puaiohi (''M. palmeri''), the Ōmao (''M. obscurus'') and the likely-extinct olomao (''M. lanaiensis''). Its song was a complex melody composed of flute-like notes, liquid warbles, buzzy trills, and gurgling whistles. The call was a raspy "braak," with an alternate high pitched note similar to a police whistle. The bird occurred in the understory of densely vegetated gulches, where it often perched motionlessly in a hunched posture. Like other native Hawaiian thrushes, it often quivered its wings and fed primarily on fruit and insects. There was no segregation on the thrushes that existed either on Molokai or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puaiohi
The puaiohi (''Myadestes palmeri''), or small Kauai thrush, is a rare species of songbird in the Thrush (bird), thrush family, Turdidae, that is Endemism, endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Kauai. It is closely related to the other three endemic Hawaiian thrushes, the Kāmaʻo, kāmao, Olomaʻo, olomao, and ‘Ōma’o, ōmao. It was first collected by Henry Palmer in 1891 at Halemanu around the entrance to the Koke'e State Park, Kōkee State Park. Description The plumage is mostly nondescript, with slaty-brown upperparts and a light gray breast and belly below. Birds have a black bill and pinkish feet. A white eye ring is also fairly prominent and helps distinguish this bird from the other Hawaiian thrushes. Males and females are highly similar in appearance. Juveniles show a pattern transitioning from a spotted whitish-buff above to a scalloped gray-brown below.Collar, N. J. (2005). Puaiohi (''Myadestes palmeri''). Pp 628-629 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molokai
Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a usable land area of , making it the fifth-largest in size of the main Hawaiian Islands and the List of islands of the United States by area, 27th largest island in the United States. It lies southeast of Oahu, Oahu across the wide Hawaiian islands channels, Kaʻiwi Channel and north of Lanai, Lānai, separated from it by the Hawaiian islands channels, Kalohi Channel. The island's agrarian economy has been driven primarily by cattle ranching, pineapple production, sugarcane production and small-scale farming. Tourism comprises a small fraction of the island's economy, and much of the infrastructure related to tourism was closed and barricaded in the early 2000s when the primary landowner, Molokai Ranch, ceased operations due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myadestes
''Myadestes'' is a genus of Solitaire (bird), solitaires, medium-sized mostly Insectivore, insectivorous birds in the thrush (bird), thrush family, Turdidae. They are found in the Americas and Hawaii, Hawaii, where several island species have become Extinction, extinct. Species in taxonomic order * ''Myadestes occidentalis'' Leonhard Hess Stejneger, Stejneger, 1882 - brown-backed solitaire (Mexico, northern Central America) *''Myadestes unicolor'' Sclater, 1857 - slate-colored solitaire (Mexico, Central America) *''Myadestes townsendi'' John James Audubon, Audubon, 1838 - Townsend's solitaire (North America) *''Myadestes myadestinus'' - Kāmaʻo, kāmao (Kauai, Kauai) (extinct, 1990s) *''Myadestes palmeri'' Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Rothschild, 1893 - puaiohi (Kauai, Kauai) *''Myadestes lanaiensis'' Jeffrey A. Wilson, Wilson, 1891 - Olomaʻo, olomao (Oahu, Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Lānai and Molokai, Molokai) (probably extinct, 1980s?) ** ''Myadestes lanaiensis woahens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myadestes Lanaiensis Lanaiensis
''Myadestes'' is a genus of Solitaire (bird), solitaires, medium-sized mostly Insectivore, insectivorous birds in the thrush (bird), thrush family, Turdidae. They are found in the Americas and Hawaii, Hawaii, where several island species have become Extinction, extinct. Species in taxonomic order * ''Myadestes occidentalis'' Leonhard Hess Stejneger, Stejneger, 1882 - brown-backed solitaire (Mexico, northern Central America) *''Myadestes unicolor'' Sclater, 1857 - slate-colored solitaire (Mexico, Central America) *''Myadestes townsendi'' John James Audubon, Audubon, 1838 - Townsend's solitaire (North America) *''Myadestes myadestinus'' - Kāmaʻo, kāmao (Kauai, Kauai) (extinct, 1990s) *''Myadestes palmeri'' Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Rothschild, 1893 - puaiohi (Kauai, Kauai) *''Myadestes lanaiensis'' Jeffrey A. Wilson, Wilson, 1891 - Olomaʻo, olomao (Oahu, Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Lānai and Molokai, Molokai) (probably extinct, 1980s?) ** ''Myadestes lanaiensis woahens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solitaire (bird)
The solitaires are medium-sized mostly insectivorous birds in the genus, genera ''Myadestes'', ''Cichlopsis'' and ''Entomodestes'' of the thrush (bird), thrush family Turdidae. Taxonomy Although all three genera of solitaires are morphologically similar, genetic studies have indicated that they are not particularly closely related. The genus ''Myadestes'' is in the Basal (phylogenetics), basal clade of the family Turdidae, along with the genera ''Sialia'' (the bluebirds) and ''Neocossyphus'' (African ant-thrushes). Species list Thrushes in three genera are called "solitaires": * Genus ''Myadestes'' 12 species, including 1 now extinct, found in Hawaii, the Americas and the Caribbean ** ‘Ōma’o, Ōmao, ''Myadestes obscurus'' ** Kāmaʻo, kāmao, ''Myadestes myadestinus'' ** Olomaʻo, Olomao, ''Myadestes lanaiensis'' ** Puaiohi, ''Myadestes palmeri'' ** Townsend's solitaire, ''Myadestes townsendi'' ** Brown-backed solitaire, ''Myadestes occidentalis'' ** Cuban solitaire, ''Myad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Barchard Wilson
Scott Barchard Wilson (1865–1923) was a British people, British ornithologist and explorer. Wilson was the son of the chemist George Fergusson Wilson. In 1887, he was sent by his professor Alfred Newton to study and collect birds in Hawaii. On his return he wrote ''Aves Hawaiienses'' (1890-1899) with Arthur Humble Evans, illustrated by Frederick William Frohawk. References * Fuller, Errol (2000): ''Extinct Birds, 2nd edition''. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Notes 1865 births 1923 deaths British ornithologists {{UK-ornithologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Described In 1891
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight Bird skeleton, skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the Common ostrich, ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the Flightless bird, loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemism, endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biota Of Molokai
Biota may refer to: * Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region * Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis'' * Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Biota (band), a band from Colorado, USA * Biota! Biota! was a proposed aquarium in the Silvertown Quays redevelopment, on the site of Millennium Mills adjacent to the Royal Victoria Dock, part of the wider Thames Gateway regeneration project for East London. The £80 million building by Ter ..., a proposed aquarium in London * ''Biota'' (album), a 1982 album by Mnemonist Orchestra See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biota Of Maui
Biota may refer to: * Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region * Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis'' * Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Biota (band), a band from Colorado, USA * Biota! Biota! was a proposed aquarium in the Silvertown Quays redevelopment, on the site of Millennium Mills adjacent to the Royal Victoria Dock, part of the wider Thames Gateway regeneration project for East London. The £80 million building by Ter ..., a proposed aquarium in London * ''Biota'' (album), a 1982 album by Mnemonist Orchestra See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biota Of Lanai
Biota may refer to: * Biota (ecology), the plant and animal life of a region * Biota (plant), common name for a coniferous tree, ''Platycladus orientalis'' * Biota, Cinco Villas, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Biota (band), a band from Colorado, USA * Biota! Biota! was a proposed aquarium in the Silvertown Quays redevelopment, on the site of Millennium Mills adjacent to the Royal Victoria Dock, part of the wider Thames Gateway regeneration project for East London. The £80 million building by Te ..., a proposed aquarium in London * ''Biota'' (album), a 1982 album by Mnemonist Orchestra See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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