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The Kāmaʻo: Silence in the Rainforest

llustration showing Kāmaʻo (Myadestes myadestinus), Phaeornis lanaiensis which is now a synonym of the Lanaʻi Olomaʻo (Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis) and ‘Ōma’o (Myadestes obscurus) from Avifauna of Laysan By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937) By John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) (Dutch bird illustrator), which was issued from 1893-1900.
llustration showing Kāmaʻo (Myadestes myadestinus), Phaeornis lanaiensis which is now a synonym of the Lanaʻi Olomaʻo (Myadestes lanaiensis lanaiensis) and ‘Ōma’o (Myadestes obscurus) from Avifauna of Laysan By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937) By John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912) (Dutch bird illustrator), which was issued from 1893-1900.

In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared 21 species officially extinct by removing them from list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act. I recently put together short obituaries for a few of the species we lost. Amidst the dense, lush undergrowth of Kauaʻi’s rainforests, where the dampness held the whispers of […]