Formerly occurred in forests at all elevations throughout Kauai, but it has generally retreated to areas above 600 m elevation, including a small, isolated population in the northeast on Mount Makaleha (at least into the 1970s).<\/p>

Along the Napali coast, it has occurred near sea level at least occasionally in recent decades, which seems to indicate some degree of resistance to the avian malaria or other diseases that have eliminated most native Hawaiian songbirds from lower elevations.<\/p>

Since the 1970s, estimates of the total population have fluctuated between 24,000 (in 1973) and 37,500 (in 2007).<\/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