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A medium-sized songbird found only on the island of Hawaii. Adult is brown above and light gray below, with a dark bill and dark eye.

Adult

Feeds primarily on berries and also eats insects, spiders, and flower parts.

Adult

A plump thrush endemic to the island of Hawaii. Adult has gray underparts and brown upperparts.

Adult

Often perches motionless for extended periods of time.

Juvenile

Juvenile has dark brown upperparts with buffy scalloping and whitish underparts with black feather tips.

Adult

Both sexes deliver loud songs and calls year-round.

Adult

Occurs mainly in wet native forest above 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) elevation, only on the island of Hawaii.

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Identification

A plump thrush of dense native forests above 3,000 feet elevation on the eastern side of Hawaii Island. Also occurs sparsely in high montane shrubland. Shy and unobtrusive; may sit motionless for extended periods in the understory or high in the canopy. Has peculiar habit of quivering wings when perched. More easily heard than seen. Song, sometimes given from an exposed perch, is a series of loud, jerky phrases. Calls include a loud whistle and a series of ascending flute-like notes.