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Kikau
Western wattled-honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva.jpg
close to Colo-i-Suva Forest Reserve, Viti Levu, Fiji
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Foulehaio
Species:
F. procerior
Binomial name
Foulehaio procerior
(Finsch & Hartlaub, 1867)

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.

The species is endemic to Viti Levu, Ovalau and the islands of the Yasawa Archipelago in Fiji. Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical mangrove forests, and tropical moist montane forest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Foulehaio procerior". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T103686033A112477208. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103686033A112477208.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.