The ûÃÂmaui (Myadestes woahensis) or Oahu thrush is an extinct species of thrush in the family Turdidae that was endemic to the island of Oahu. It was the first member of its genus to become extinct, c. 1850. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies of the olomaûo (Myadestes lanaiensis).
Its island name ûÃÂmaui is technically a corruption, as the Hawaiians considered all the thrushes from Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Oahu to be one species, the ûÃÂmaui. It was a large brownish songbird that lived in much of the highland forests on Oahu. It may have been mainly a fruit eater like many of the other Hawaiian thrushes. Due to its quick extinction, little is known about the ûÃÂmaui. It may have nested in trees like the 'à Âma'o or nested in crevices like the extinct kÃÂmaûo. Its song was reported to be similar to the Molokai olomaûo, which may be its closest relative. It became extinct due to serious habitat degradation and destruction. Mosquitoes, introduced about thirty years earlier, caused the birds to evacuate what little good habitat was left in the low altitude areas of Oahu - and if the birds did not leave, they would have contracted malaria and perished. Birds that retreated to upper elevations would have been harassed by introduced rats, which attack the berries and steal chicks from nests. This species' extinction was not well recorded, as no one mentions a specific year when the ûÃÂmaui was last identified. Scientists believe that the species vanished between 1840 and 1860, most likely during the late 1850s. It is known from a single specimen taken in 1825 (now lost) and subfossil bones. The name derives from manu a MÃÂui: "MÃÂui's bird.