Modern distribution is a narrow elevation band around the mountain between 2,000 and 2,750 m, where its favored food tree, the m\u0101mane grows.<\/p>

Formerly much more widespread, including lower elevations and other islands.\u00a0 Fossilized remains have been discovered on Kauai and Oahu.<\/p>

Since 1980 its population levels have been closely monitored and have risen and fallen between a high of 5,685 (in 1981) to low of 1,200 (in 2010).\u00a0 Most of the movement in numbers has been attributed to variation in the m\u0101mane seed crop within its tiny range.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t