Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_palila
Palila
Loxioides bailleui
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About Palila
Kauaʻi fossil material has been compared provisionally with Loxioides bailleui. The comparison does not establish that the fossil belongs to the living species.
Kauaʻi evidence
A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn. Makauwahi reports Loxioides cf. bailleui; cf. marks a provisional resemblance. The currently accepted species name is retained for the broader species account, but Kauaʻi fossil identity is not certain.
Occurrence evidence
fossil_qualified
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Loxioides bailleui
- Common names
- Palila
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi fossil attributed provisionally; species identity uncertain
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Endangered
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-29
- Evidence limits
- Kauaʻi fossil material documented; comparison with the modern species is provisional
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wet forest · Montane forest · Forest · Shrublands
- Food and resource needs
- Food and resources may include seeds, buds, fruit, nectar, and arthropods according to bill form and native/introduced status
- Reproduction
- Suitable nesting or roosting sites, seasonal food, and protection from disturbance and predators.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wet forest, montane forest, forest.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Extinction, disease, habitat loss, introduced predators, resource disruption, and competition are retained as relationship-return candidates
- Conservation actions
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, and supporting media · Confirm identification and Kauaʻi occurrence before local conservation use
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Confirm species identity of Kauaʻi fossil material · Reconstruct fossil context and chronology
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Resident
- Seasonal description
- Kauaʻi fossil material has been compared provisionally with Loxioides bailleui. The comparison does not establish that the fossil belongs to the living species.