Hawaii Amakihi Identification

A small yellow-green honeycreeper with a short, curved bill. Adult male is bright yellow-green above and yellow below, with a black lore between the bill and eye. Adult female is duller than male, with a shorter bill.

Immature is grayish green, with faint wingbars and a grayish lore between the bill and eye.

A small yellow-green honeycreeper with a short, curved bill, found on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai. Adult male is bright yellow-green above and yellow below; female is less colorful, with a shorter bill.

An acrobatic forager that picks arthropods from leaves, blossoms, twigs, and branches.

Also feeds on nectar, mainly from ohia and mamane flowers.

An acrobatic forager that picks insects and spiders from leaves, blossoms, twigs, or branches and also probes flowers for nectar.

Strongly curved bill helps differentiate Hawaii Amakihi from Hawaii Creeper and Maui Alauahio.

Curved bill and tubelike tongue are adapted for feeding on nectar.

Occurs in both native and non-native forests on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai above roughly 300 meters (1,000 feet) elevation.