Hawaii Amakihi Photo Gallery

Adult

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

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

Adult

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.

Adult

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

Adult

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

Adult

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

Adult

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

Immature

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

Adult

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