Hawaii Elepaio Photo Gallery
Adult
A small, long-tailed songbird found only on the island of Hawaii. Age, sex, climate, and individual variation all contribute to highly variable coloration. Adult has white rump, wingbars, and tail tips. Throat is mostly black in males and white in females. Individuals in warm humid environments are generally darker.
© Eric VanderWerf / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, March 13, 2014Adult
Highly variable in color. Adults in cooler, drier parts of the island have a mostly white head, white underparts with light streaking, a grayer back, and larger white wingbars.
© Eric VanderWerf / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, June 30, 2008Adult
A small, energetic songbird found only on the island of Hawaii. Hops and flits through vegetation in search of insects and spiders. Adult has white wingbars and rump. Plumage otherwise highly variable. Often holds long tail cocked upward.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, April 01, 2002Not all videos have soundAdult
A highly variable species, with adults ranging from mostly brown to largely whitish. Some birds are intermediate in appearance.
© jordan lerma / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, April 12, 2018Immature
Immature is gray-brown above and whitish below, with rusty wingbars and rump.
© Eric VanderWerf / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, September 22, 2006Adult
Elepaio are bold and inquisitive, often investigating people.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, September 20, 2017Adult
The only elepaio species on the island of Hawaii. Often holds tail cocked upward.
© Laura Keene / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, December 07, 2016Habitat
Most common in wet, native, higher elevation forest, but also occurs in drier woodland, savanna, and disturbed lower elevation habitats, including introduced forest.
© Meghin Spencer / Macaulay LibraryHawaii, April 16, 2018Search species and articles
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