I’iwi – Vestiaria coccinea coccinea

I’iwi – Vestiaria coccinea coccinea

IiwiAkala

Natural History Links

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/projects/wild/fancy2.pdf – a nice executive summary overview of literature up to 1998

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/projects/wild/ralph/ralph7.pdf

http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/HFBIDPSite/DisDenIIWI_Obs.html – an area limited but detailed distribution description.

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-iiwi.cfm – one of a number of concise overviews probably useful for high school projects.

http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/cwcs/files/NAAT%20final%20CWCS/Chapters/Terrestrial%20Fact%20Sheets/Forest%20Birds/iiwi%20NAAT%20final%20!.pdf

http://audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=108 -similar

http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/consrvhi/forestbirds/iiwi1.html – even more brief…

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/projects/wild/ralph/ralph9.pdf

http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc/HFBIDPSite/Central_Windward_OFR_2005-1441.pdf

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Songs and Calls

Short selections (each file less than 100 KB):

iiwisong1; iiwisong2 ; iiwicall8; iiwicall9 ;

iiwilong1 (~550 Mg) ; iiwilong2 (~950 Mg)

See also: http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org/loginPublic.do enter “iiwi” without quotes and search

Here are some wonderful images of i’iwi that Margaret Sloan took recently (11/2007) at Kipuka 21 with me.