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Oahu Alauahio
Paroreomyza maculata (Cabanis, 1851)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Oahu Alauahio, Paroreomyza maculata, is a finch in the Fringillidae family that breeds on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It is endemic to that island and is also known as the Oʻahu creeper. The bird is small and has a yellow-green body, a bluish bill, a green back and tail, and yellow head and underparts. Its face is brighter yellow with a dark green eye stripe, while young birds are browner and show white wing bars. It forages for invertebrates beneath tree bark, prising it away with its bill and using a specialised tongue to take prey.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Oahu (Hawaiian Is.)
