Kauai Amakihi Identification

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A small Hawaiian honeycreeper found only in native forest on northwestern Kauai. Adult male has yellow underparts, a thick-based bill with a strongly curved tip, and blackish lores (the area between the eye and bill).

Female has a smaller bill than male and is not as brightly colored.

A small, yellow-green Hawaiian honeycreeper with a thick, curved bill. Sometimes “robs” nectar from plants by piercing the base of the flower.

Uses stout bill to pry insects from crevices in trunks and branches. Note the short tail.

Also feeds on nectar and fruit.

An energetic forager, picking insects from tree surfaces and probing crevices for hidden prey.

Found in native forest with ohia and koa trees at higher elevations on northwestern Kauai.

Male delivers a short, sweet-sounding trill.

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Identification

An uncommon Hawaiian honeycreeper of forests on Kauai. Males are bright yellow and females are grayer. Larger and thicker-billed than amakihis on other islands. Occurs in native forest above 3,000 feet elevation in the understory and forest canopy where it searches for nectar, insects, and fruit. Song is a trill that does not change in pitch or speed. Call is a nasal “chee.”