Kikau

The kikau or western wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It was considered conspecific with the Fiji wattled honeyeater and the Polynesian wattled honeyeater.

Kikau
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Foulehaio
Species:
F. procerior
Binomial name
Foulehaio procerior
(Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867)

The species is endemic to Fiji. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical mangrove forests, and tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Foulehaio procerior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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