ʻŌmaʻo
ʻŌmaʻo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Turdidae |
Genus: | Myadestes |
Species: | M. obscurus
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Binomial name | |
Myadestes obscurus (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
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The ʻōmaʻo (Myadestes obscurus), also called the Hawaiian thrush, is an
Taxonomy
The ʻōmaʻo was
Description
Adult thrushes (males and females are similar in appearance) are mostly nondescript, with a grayish-brown head transitioning to a pale gray below. The back and primaries are a dull olive brown. They also have whitish vents and undertail coverts. The juveniles are also similarly dull in coloration, but have pale whitish-buff spotting on the wing coverts.[6]
Behaviour
‘Ōma’os are mostly
Habitat
The ‘ōma’o once lived on most of the land of Hawaii. Today it is restricted to the southern and eastern slopes of the island, mostly above 1,000 meters above sea level, 25 to 30 percent of its ancestral habitat. Its preferred habitat is
The species has been aided by several conservation actions. These include the removal of pigs from several areas in the 1990s, such as Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge.[11]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1789). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis (in Latin). Vol. 1, Part 2 (13th ed.). Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Georg. Emanuel. Beer. p. 945.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Latham, John (1783). A General Synopsis of Birds. Vol. 2, Part 1. London: Printed for Leigh and Sotheby. p. 344, No. 42.
- Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Thrushes". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ . Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "'Ōma'o". Division of Forestry and Wildlife: Wildlife Program. Hawaii Government. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Species factsheet: Myadestes obscurus". BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- .
- doi:10.2307/1367858. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge". official web site of United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- Birdlife Species Factsheet
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 10, Josep del Hoyo editor, ISBN 84-87334-72-5
External links
- ARKive-O'mao images
- O'mao videos, photos, and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection