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Oahu Elepaio
Chasiempis ibidis Stejneger, 1887
Monarchidae — Monarchs
Oahu Elepaio, Chasiempis ibidis, is a monarch flycatcher that breeds on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It lives on the slopes of the island at higher elevations, especially in forested areas, and it is one of three closely related elepaio species found in the Hawaiian archipelago. Adults have a black bill, white wing bars and tail tips, and a black or blue chin, while young birds are more reddish-brown with buff wing bars. The species was described by Stejneger in 1887.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Monarchidae — Monarchs
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Oahu, Hawaiian Is.
