O'o nuku'umu
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'''Status:''' Extinct (1907). '''Global Population''': 0. Its’ extinction was probably largely caused by the destruction of its understory habitat by introduced cattle and deer, and predation of its nests by introduced rats and mongooses. | '''Status:''' Extinct (1907). '''Global Population''': 0. Its’ extinction was probably largely caused by the destruction of its understory habitat by introduced cattle and deer, and predation of its nests by introduced rats and mongooses. | ||
| - | Diet: Flower Nectar (primarily arboreal lobelia and Ohi'a-lehua) and some insects. They spent only a few seconds over each flower, darting their tongues very rapidly in and out. | + | '''Diet:''' Flower Nectar (primarily arboreal lobelia and Ohi'a-lehua) and some insects. They spent only a few seconds over each flower, darting their tongues very rapidly in and out. |
'''Nesting:''' Both sexes were alike although the beak of the male is perhaps longer and the female may be generally smaller. | '''Nesting:''' Both sexes were alike although the beak of the male is perhaps longer and the female may be generally smaller. | ||
