The ‘Ōma‘o is a Hawaiian solitaire endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Its subdued plumage is olive-brown and gray; it often perches quietly and is detected by song. It eats fruit, flowers, and invertebrates.
Adults have subdued olive-brown and gray plumage. They may perch silently for long periods, while males perform a flight-song display known as skylarking. The bird’s voice is therefore another clue to its presence.
It mainly eats fruit from understory plants, but also takes koa flowers in the canopy and invertebrates such as earthworms, snails, spiders, and insects. Females build nests and do most incubation and brooding; pairs defend small nesting territories.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.