Page 39 - 9788179931936
P. 39
Nihoa millerbird
Blast from Small and few
the past I am a small bird, about five inches in length.
I am brown in colour and have a white
Millerbirds had two underbelly. My crown is dark-brown, often
subspecies—the Laysan black. My voice is a rapid metallic sound.
millerbird became extinct
between 1916 and 1923, Have you seen small islands dotting the
and about 380 individuals Pacific Ocean off the western coast of the
of the Nihoa millerbird
United States? One of these, the
survive today. Nihoa Island, is my home.
Characteristics Migratory; Diurnal
38–39
Blast from Small and few
the past I am a small bird, about five inches in length.
I am brown in colour and have a white
Millerbirds had two underbelly. My crown is dark-brown, often
subspecies—the Laysan black. My voice is a rapid metallic sound.
millerbird became extinct
between 1916 and 1923, Have you seen small islands dotting the
and about 380 individuals Pacific Ocean off the western coast of the
of the Nihoa millerbird
United States? One of these, the
survive today. Nihoa Island, is my home.
Characteristics Migratory; Diurnal
38–39
