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Photo by bkrownd
Waikamoi Preserve, Maui Hawaii, April 2009

Palmeria dolei

[edit] Identification

• Black body; upperparts and underparts are highlighted with blue-grey and red
• Patch of yellow feathers behind the eye
• Light-blue facial patch
• Tuft of whitish feathers extending upward from the upper mandible
• Red nape
• Black tail with prominent white markings at the tip.

Immature birds lack the crest and colourful plumage of adults, and have an overall greyish appearance.

[edit] Distribution

Hawaii. The high windward forests of East Maui, particularly near the Nature Conservancy's Waikamoi preserve.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

High-elevation rainforest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes nectar; caterpillars, flies, spiders, and other invertebrates can comprise 10-40% of the diet.

[edit] Breeding

Females build nests in 'ohi'a trees; 1-2 eggs are laid, and then incubated for about 17 days. Both parents feed the young birds. The young leave the nest after 21 days.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

1. Audobon

• List of references

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