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Bird name:

Kauai Elepaio

Chasiempis sandwichensis sclateri

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

ELEP

Code 6

CHASAN

ITIS

178677

Breeding Location:

Forests

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Declining

Egg Color:

White with red-brown markings

Number of Eggs:

1 - 3

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Rootlets, grasses, spider webs, and bark

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Kauai Elepaio: Small monarch flycatcher. Crown and back are dark gray-brown to light gray, white to light gray underparts have light orange-brown wash on upper breast. Lores, eyebrows, chin and throat are white mixed with cinnamon. Wingbars, rump are white, long brown tail is white-tipped. Sexes are similar, females may have less color on throat and breast. Juveniles, second- and third- year subadults have red-brown head, back, and upper breast, off-white underparts, and buff wingbars.

Range and Habitat

Kauai Elepaio: Endemic to Kauai. Prefers dense, wet ohia forests above 2,000', most are found at elevations above 3,600'. They are uncommon in the dry forests of Waimea Canyon and the NaPali Coast, much of their population is found on the Alaka'i Plateau and Koke'e State Park.

Breeding and Nesting

Kauai Elepaio: One to three white eggs with red-brown markings are laid in a woven cup-shaped nest built in ohia and other trees. Both sexes incubate the eggs for 18 days. Chicks fledge after 16 days but continue to be fed by their parents for more than a month.

Foraging and Feeding

Kauai Elepaio: Forages in trees and on the ground for a wide variety of arthropods, most commonly insects and spiders. , Kauai Elepaio: Forages in trees and on the ground for a wide variety of arthropods, most commonly insects and spiders.

Vocalization

Kauai Elepaio: A loud whistled "el-e-pai-o" song, chattering contact calls, and "chit-chit" or "whee-oo" alarm calls.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

Chin

The area of the face just below the bill.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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