Manu Minute
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Need a break in your day? Whether you're in your car or your kitchen, or still in bed, Manu Minute brings you the rich sounds from Hawai'i's native forests and shorelines. Each week, we feature a different Hawai'i bird and its unique song and talk about its environment and conservation.
Manu Minute
4M ago
On today's Manu Minute, we have got the scratchy calls of a common game bird. Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for these recordings of black francolins ..read more
Manu Minute
5M ago
The Nīhoa finch is one of two endemic bird species that call Nīhoa Island home. About 3,000 finches live on the tiny island, which is now part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument ..read more
Manu Minute
6M ago
Although endangered, there are still a few good spots to catch sight of the Maui ʻalauahio ..read more
Manu Minute
7M ago
For today's Manu Minute, we've got the mating song of the rock pigeon, which was introduced to Hawaiʻi over 200 years ago. Thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology for these recordings ..read more
Manu Minute
11M ago
The koloa māpu is one of Hawaiʻi's most common winter migratory ducks ..read more
Manu Minute
1y ago
Curious about that black-crested bird you've seen flitting around your Oʻahu neighborhood? That's likely a red-vented bulbul. We've got its song today, thanks to the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ..read more
Manu Minute
1y ago
ʻAʻo are endemic seabirds that serve important functions on both water and land ..read more
Manu Minute
1y ago
Thanks to Xeno Canto, we've got the calls of a desert gamebird that makes its home on Hawaiʻi Island. University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo professor Patrick Hart introduces us to the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse ..read more
Manu Minute
1y ago
Pets to pests… On this week’s Manu Minute, we’ve got the songs, or rather squawks of the introduced rose-ringed parakeet. That’s courtesy of recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology ..read more