Poo-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma Scientific name definitions

Thane K. Pratt, Cameron B. Kepler, and Tonnie L. Casey
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997

References

Literature Cited

  • American Ornithologists' Union (1983) Check-list of North American Birds. Sixth edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC, USA. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34735248
  • Atkinson, C., K. L. Woods, R. J. Dusek, L. S. Sileo and W. M. Iko. (1995). Wildlife disease and conservation in Hawai'i: pathogenicity of avian malaria (plasmodium relictum) in experimentally infected 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea). Parasitology 111:S59-S69.
  • Atkinson, I. A. E. (1977). A reassessment of the factors particularly Rattus rattus L., that influenced the decline of endemic forest birds in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 31:109-133.
  • Atkinson, I. A. E. (1985). "The spread of commensal species of Rattus to oceanic islands and their effects on island avifaunas." In Conservation of island birds, edited by P. J. Moors, 35-81. Int. Coun. Bird Preserv. Tech. Publ. no. 3.
  • Baldwin, P. H. and T. L. C. Casey. (1983). A preliminary list of foods of the Po'o-uli. 'Elepaio 43:53-56.
  • Banko, W. E. and P. C. Banko. (1976). "Role of food depletion by foreign organisms in the historical decline of Hawaiian forest birds." In Proceedings of the first conference in natural sciences, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park., edited by C. W. Smith, 29-34. Univ. of Hawai'i, Honolulu: Coop. Natl. Park Resour. Stud. Unit.
  • Banks, R. C. and R. C. Laybourne. (1977). Plumage sequence and taxonomy of Laysan and Nihoa finches. Condor 79:343-348.
  • Bock, W. J. (1978). Tongue morphology and affinities of the Hawaiian honeycreeper Melamprosops phaeosoma. Ibis 120:467-479.
  • Casey, T. L. C. (1978). Comparative ecology of four Hawaiian honeycreepers. Masters' thesis, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins.
  • Casey, T. L. C. and J. D. Jacobi. (1974). A new genus and species of bird from the Island of Maui, Hawaii (Passeriformes: Drepanididae). Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 24:216-226.
  • Cooke, Jr., C. M. and H. B. Baker. (1947). Oxychilus alliarius (Miller) in Hawaii. Nautilus 61:36.
  • Cuddihy, L. W., and C. P. Stone (1990). Alteration of Native Hawaiian Vegetation: Effects of Humans, their Activities and Introductions. Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • Engilis, Jr., A. (1990). Field notes on native forest birds in the Hanawi Natural Area Reserve, Maui. 'Elepaio 50:67-72.
  • Engilis, Jr., A., T. K. Pratt, C. B. Kepler, A. M. Ecton and K. M. Fluetsch. (1996). Description of adults, nestling, fledgling, and nest of the Poo-uli. Wilson Bulletin 108:607-619.
  • Fancy, S. G., T. K. Pratt, G. D. Lindsey, C. K. Harada, Jr. Parent, A. H. and J. D. Jacobi. (1993a). Identifying sex and age of 'Apapane and 'I'iwi on Hawai'i. Journal of Field Ornithology 64:262-269.
  • Fish, U. S. and Wildlife Service. (1975). Endangered and threatened wildlife: listing of endangered and threatened fauna. U.S Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Hadfield, M. G. (1986). Extinction in Hawaiian Achatinelline snails. Malacologia 27:67-81.
  • Hardy, D. E. (1960). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 10. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press.
  • Jacobi, J. D. (1989). Vegetation maps of the upland plant communities on the islands of Hawai'i, Maui, Moloka'i, and Lana'i. Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu: Coop. Natl. Park Res. Stud. Unit.
  • James, H. F. and S. L. Olson. (1991). Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2: Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46.
  • James, H. F., Jr. Stafford, T. W., D. W. Steadman, S. L. Olson and P. S. Martin. (1987a). Radiocarbon dates on bones of extinct birds from Hawai'i. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 84:2350-2354.
  • Jeffrey, J. J., S. G. Fancy, G. D. Lindsey, P. C. Banko, T. K. Pratt and J. D. Jacobi. (1993). Sex and age identification of Palila. Journal of Field Ornithology 64:490-499.
  • Kepler, C. B., T. K. Pratt, A. M. Ecton, Jr. Engilis, A. and K. M. Fluetsch. (1996b). Nesting behavior of the Poo-uli. Wilson Bulletin 108:620-638.
  • Lepson, J. K. and L. A. Freed. (1995). Variation in male plumage and behavior of the Hawaii Akepa. Auk 112:402-414.
  • Morin, M. P. (1992b). The breeding biology of an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper, the Laysan Finch. Condor 94:646-667.
  • Mountainspring, S. (1987). Ecology, behavior, and conservation of the Maui Parrotbill. Condor 89:24-39.
  • Mountainspring, S., T. L. C. Casey, C. B. Kepler and J. M. Scott. (1990). Ecology, behavior, and conservation of the Po'ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma). Wilson Bulletin 102:109-122.
  • Olson, S. L. and H. F. James. (1991). Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I, Non-passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45.
  • Perkins, R. C. L. (1903). Fauna Hawaiiensis, Volume I, Part IV: Vertebrata (D. Sharp, Editor). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Pratt, H. D. (1992a). Is the Poo-Uli a Hawaiian Honeycreeper (Drepanidinae)? Condor 94:172-180.
  • Pratt, T. K., S. G. Fancy, C. K. Harada, G. D. Lindsey and J. D. Jacobi. (1994). Identifying sex and age of Akiapolaau. Wilson Bulletin 106:421-430.
  • Ralph, C. J. and S. G. Fancy. (1995). Demography and movements of Apapane and Iiwi in Hawaii. Condor 97:729-742.
  • Scott, J. M., S. Mountainspring, F. L. Ramsaey and C. B. Kepler. (1986). Forest bird communities of the Hawaiian Islands: their dynamics, ecology, and conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 9.
  • Severns, M. (1984). Another threat to Hawaii's endemics. Hawn. Shell News 32 (12):1.
  • Sugihara, R. T. (1997). Abundance and diets of rats in two native Hawaiian forests. Pacific Science 51 (2):189-198.
  • Tarr, C. L. and R. C. Fleischer. (1995b). "Evolutionary relationships of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves, Drepanidinae)." In Hawaiian biogeography: evolution on a hot spot., edited by W. L. Wagner and V. A. Funk, 147-159. Washington, D.C: Smithson. Inst. Press.
  • Tomich, P. Q. (1986). Mammals in Hawai'i. Honolulu: Bishop Mus. Press.
  • Van Dine, D. L. (1904). Mosquitoes in Hawaii. Hawaii Agr. Exper. Sta. Bull. 6:1-30.
  • Van Riper, C., III, S. G. Van Riper, M. L. Goff and M. Laird. (1986). The epizootiology and ecological significance of malaria in Hawaiian land birds. Ecological Monographs 56:327-344.
  • Warner, R. E. (1968a). The role of introduced diseases in the extinction of the endemic Hawaiian avifauna. Condor 70:101-120.
  • Additional References

    • Anon. (2009). Globally threatened birds - family Fringillidae (finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers). Species factsheets, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK. URL: http: //www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html (download 19 August 2009).
    • Baker, H. and Baker, P.E. (2001). Status and distribution of the Po‘ouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma) in the Hanawi Natural Area Reserve between December 1995 and June 1997. Studies Avian Biol. 22: 144-150.
    • Berger, A.J. (1981). Hawaiian Birdlife. 2nd edition. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.
    • Butchart, S. H. M., and A. J. Stattersfield, Editors (2004). Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
    • Butchart, S.H.M. and Stattersfield, A.J. eds. (2004). Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
    • Casey, T.L.C. and Jacobi, J.D. (1974). A new genus and species of bird from the Island of Maui, Hawaii (Passeriformes: Drepanididae). Bishop Mus. Occas. Papers 24: 216-226.
    • Elphick, C.S., Roberts, D.L. and Reed, J.M. (2010). Estimated dates of recent extinctions for North American and Hawaiian birds. Biol. Conserv. 143(3): 617–624.
    • Elphick, C.S., Roberts, D.L. and Reed, J.M. (2010). Estimated dates of recent extinctions for North American and Hawaiian birds. Biological Conservation. 143(3): 617–624. http://ase.tufts.edu/biology/labs/reed/documents/pub2010ElphickBC.pdf
    • Engilis, A. (1990). Field notes on native forest birds in the Hanawi Natural Area Reserve, Maui. Elepaio 50: 67-72.
    • Engilis, A., Pratt, T.K., Kepler, C.B., Ecton, A.M. and Fluetsch, K.M. (1996). Description of adults, eggshells, nestling, fledgling, and nest of the Poo-uli. Wilson Bull. 108: 607-619.
    • Fleischer, R.C., Tarr, C.L., James, H.F., Slikas, B. and McIntosh, C.E. (2001). Phylogenetic placement of the Poouli, Melamprosops phaeosoma, based on mitochondrial DNA sequence and osteological characters. Studies Avian Biol. 22: 98-104.
    • Groombridge, J.J., Massey, J.G., Bruch, J.C., Malcolm, T.R., Brosius, C.N., Okada, M.M., Sparklin, B., Fretz, J.S. and VanderWerf, E.A. (2004). An attempt to recover the Po’ouli by translocation and an appraisal of recovery strategy for bird species of extreme rarity. Biological Conservation. 118: 365-375. http://www.pacificrimconservation.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/30%20Groombridge%20etal%202004%20Poouitransloc%20BiolCons.pdf
    • Hirschfeld, E. ed. (2007). Rare Birds Yearbook 2008. BirdLife International & MagDig Media, Shrewsbury, UK.
    • Kepler, C.B., Pratt, T.K., Ecton, A.M., Engilis, A. and Fluetsch, K.M. (1996). Nesting behavior of the Poo-uli. Wilson Bull. 108: 620-638.
    • Mountainspring, S., Casey, T.L.C., Kepler, C.B. and Scott, J.M. (1990). Ecology, behavior, and conservation of the Poo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma ). Wilson Bull. 102: 109-122.
    • Porter, W.P., Vakharia, N., Klousie, W.D. and Duffy, D. (2006). Po‘ouli landscape bioinformatics models predict energetics, behavior, diets, and distribution on Maui. Integrative & Comp. Biol. 46: 1143-1158.
    • Powell, A. (2008). The Race to Save the World’s Rarest Bird: the Discovery and Death of the Po‘ouli. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
    • Pratt, H. D., P. L. Bruner, and D. G. Berrett (1987). A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA.
    • Pratt, H.D. (1992). Is the Poo-uli a Hawaiian honeycreeper (Drepanidinae)? Condor. 94(1): 172-180.
    • Pratt, H.D. (1994). Avifaunal change in the Hawaiian islands, 1893-1993. Stud. Avian Biol. 15: 103-118.
    • Pratt, H.D. (2005). The Hawaiian Honeycreepers: Drepanidinae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
    • Pratt, H.D. (2009). Voices of Hawaii’s Birds. 2 CD-ROM and booklet. Hawaii Audubon Society & Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Honolulu & Ithaca.
    • Pratt, T.K., Kepler, C.B. and Casey, T.L.C. (1997). Po‘o-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma). No. 272 in: Poole, A. & Gill, F. eds. (1997). The Birds of North America. Vol. 7. The American Ornithologists’ Union & The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Washington & Philadelphia.
    • Reynolds, M.H., Snetsinger, T.J. and Pratt, T.K. (1995). Endangered birds found on Maui. Endangered Species Bull. 20: 10-11.
    • Rosa, K., Hopper, D. and Reilly, S. (1998). Draft Environment Assessment for Possible Management Actions to Save the Po‘ouli. United States Fish and Wildlife Service & Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    • Spiva-Evans, C. (2005). The very last one. San Diego Zoo Blogs, Hawaii Bird Project. URL: http://blogs.sandiegozoo.org/blog/2005/09/30/the-very-last-one/ (download 18 August 2009).
    • Stattersfield, A. J., and D. R. Capper, Editors (2000). Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain, and BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
    • VanderWerf, E.A., Groombridge, J.J., Fretz, J.S. and Swinnerton, K.J. (2006). Decision analysis to guide recovery of the Po‘ouli, a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper. Biological Conservation. 129(3): 383-392.
    • VanderWerf, E.A., Malcolm, T.R., Fretz, J.S., Massey, J.G., Lieberman, A., Groombridge, J.J., Sparklin, B.D., Okada, M.M. and Brosius, C.N. (2003). Update on recovery efforts for the Po‘ouli. 'Elepaio. 63: 25, 27-30.

Recommended Citation

Pratt, T. K., C. B. Kepler, and T. L. Casey (2020). Poo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.poouli.01
Birds of the World

Partnerships

A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.