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There is no additional English name for the Palila.
From the series of thirty-three prints, Living Endemic Birds of Hawaii, by Marian Berger.
From the Wikipedia website: "The Palila is a critically endangered finch-billed species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It became endangered due to destruction of the trees and accompanying dry forests." From whbs.bishopmuseum.org and search: "The endangered palila is found only in the mamane/naio dry forest, high on the slopes of Mauna Kea between 6,000 and 9,000 feet on the Island of Hawaii. It feeds almost exclusively on the immature seeds of the mamane tree."
The Palila is an endangered species found in the mamane forests on the slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes, where it feeds exclusively on the mamane tree seeds, pods, flowers, and leaves. The Palila is so closely tied to the mamane forest that it has come to represent the environmental issues of habitat destruction in the area. Because the Palila has to compete with domestic goats, sheep, and cattle for the mamane, the wild population is declining. The HEBCP first raised this species in 1996 and began reintroductions in 2003, releasing 28 birds to date.
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