Harman Patil (Editor)

Kauaʻi ʻamakihi

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Chlorodrepanis

Higher classification
  
Hemignathus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Fringillidae

Scientific name
  
Hemignathus kauaiensis

Rank
  
Species

Kauaʻi ʻamakihi httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Oʻahu ʻamakihi, Bird, ʻAnianiau, Hemignathus, Hawaiian honeycreeper

The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauaʻi. Birds of both sexes are greenish-yellow with black lores and a large, sickle-shaped, downcurved beak. The beak is larger than that of the other three ʻamakihi species and occasionally leads to misidentification as a Kauaʻi nukupuʻu, which is thought to be extinct. Like other honeycreepers, the Kauaʻi ʻamakihi is threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, and avian malaria, but has not been affected as strongly as other species in the subfamily.

References

Kauaʻi ʻamakihi Wikipedia