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'Elepaio,a Hawaiian flycatcher, is a member of the forest bird concentration. | Hawaiian Forest BirdConcentrations | Hawaiian Forest BirdConcentrations Forest bird concentrations occur on three islands,and three out of four stratificationunits.The majority of the concentrations are found on Hawai‘iIsland,reflecting the large remaining expanses of forest habitat there. Forestbird concentrations typically occupy the montane wet and montane mesicecological systems, sometimes extending across conservation areaboundaries. Not surprisingly, islands lacking substantial montaneecological systems do not support viable forest bird concentrations.The conservationareas bearing forest bird concentrations are listed below. KAUAI STRATIFICATION UNIT O‘AHUSTRATIFICATION UNIT MAUINUI STRATIFICATION UNIT HAWAI‘ISTRATIFICATION UNIT See maps below More information on the forest bird concentrations, such as thespecific bird species in each concetration and data summarizing trendsin population, is available in the Conservation Planning Tooldatabase. | ||
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KAUA‘I STRATIFICATION UNIT The forest birdconcentration on Kaua‘i is restricted to montane wet and montanemesic portions of the central Alaka‘i plateau. MAUI NUI STRATIFICATION UNIT The forest bird concentration on Maui occupies the montane wet and montane mesic bands across windward East Maui. HAWAI‘I STRATIFICATION UNIT There are fourforest bird concentrations on the island of Hawai‘i. The largestof these straddles the Mauna Kea and Windward Mauna Loa ConservationAreas. The next largest occupies a portion of the montane wet and montanemesic ecological systems of the Ka‘u - Kapapala ConservationArea. The remaining two forest bird concentrations are much smaller,occupying a portion of the mesic forest of Hualalai volcano in thePohakuloa - Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a Conservation Area, and theother in a node of forest bird richness in the Kona ConservationArea. Notethat these concentrations do not delimit all forest bird species,but represent the highest concentrations of species and foci forconservation efforts. |