Kauai Amakihi Photo Gallery

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.