๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Mao live?

Gymnomyza samoensis has 320 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1838 to 2025. Most records come from Samoa.

Mao
Mao โ€” Photo: USFWS - Pacific Region ยท Public domain ยท Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMeliphagidaeGymnomyza

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18382025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Samoa 319
American Samoa 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.