Lavender Waxbills recorded per party hr on the Honolulu
Christmas Count, 1944-2007 (see Count
Page). Numbers observed in winter dropped off
after 1980 but they continued to be seen
in se. O'ahu during other seasons through the
2000s. 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/