Palila | Animalz

PalilaThe Palila is closely tied to dry forest with māmane trees on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi Island. Immature māmane seeds make up most of its diet.What does it look like?Males and females both have yellow heads and breasts, greenish wings and tails, grey backs and white underparts. Males have a black mask; females have a grey mask and less yellow on the back of the head.How does it live?The Palila is closely tied to dry forest with māmane trees on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi Island. Immature māmane seeds make up most of its diet.It depends on dry forest with māmane. Most of its diet consists of immature māmane seeds; it also eats māmane flowers, buds and leaves, naio berries, and insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.