Chestnut Munias recorded per
party hr on the Kapa'a Christmas Count, Kaua'i, 1971-2007 (see Count
Page), indicating immigration to the
area following initial establishment in the Poipu area in 1976-1977. Graphs of Christmas Count data
developed as part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and
Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/birds/rlp-monograph/2009/