SPECIES

Maui Akepa Loxops ochraceus Scientific name definitions

Jaan Kaimanu Lepson and Leonard A. Freed
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997

Habitat

Introduction

Capitalized vegetation classifications in this section follow Wagner et al. (1990 ).

Occurs from 1,100 to 2,100 m elevation in Montane Wet and Mesic Forests (Scott et al. 1986 ), primarily ‘Ohi‘a Montane Wet Forest and Koa/‘Ohi‘a Montane Mesic Forest. Perkins (1903 ) found it in both koa and, more commonly, ‘o¯hi‘a forests, whereas Henshaw (1902 ) reported it almost exclusively in koa. The very few recent records are scattered across extremely wet ‘o¯hi‘a forest.

Recommended Citation

Lepson, J. K. and L. A. Freed (2020). Maui Akepa (Loxops ochraceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.akepa3.01