The Hawaii Creeper (Oreomystis mana), an endangered species (USF&WS 1975), occurs only on the Island of Hawaii and is limited to higher forests in a patchy distribution (J.M. Scott pers. comm.). The bird is about 11–13 cm long, drab-green with a whitish throat and a slightly decurved bill (Scott et al. 1979). The species is not known to be sexually dichromatic (Scott et al. 1979) but we and others have noticed plumage variation among adults.
Very little is known of the breeding biology of this species (Berger 1981). Only recently have even partial nests and their placement been described (Scott et al. 1980, Sakai and Ralph 1980). We report here, for the first time, on a successful Hawaii Creeper nest and its eggs and young.