Bird name:

Hawaii Amakihi

Hemignathus virens virens

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

AMAK

Code 6

HEMVIR

ITIS

179574

Breeding Location:

Forests, Shrubs

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Stable

Egg Color:

White to cream with purple markings and brown blotches.

Number of Eggs:

2 - 3

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Twigs, grass stems, and leaves

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Hawaii Amakihi: Also known as the Common Amakihi. Upperparts are yellow-green and underparts are yellow. Lores are black, bill is black and decurved. Wings and tail are olive-gray. Female has shorter bill and is less yellow, more green. Juvenile is dull gray-green above and glaucous below, may have yellow streaks. Lores are gray and has pale wing bars.

Range and Habitat

Hawaii Amakihi: Found on Hawaii and Maui, rare on Molokai. Lives in both wet and dry native forests in low and high elevations.

Breeding and Nesting

Hawaii Amakihi: Two to three white to cream eggs with purple markings and brown blotches are laid in an open cup nest contructed of twigs, grass stems, and leaves. Most nests are built 12-24 feet above the ground in a Mamane or Ohia tree. Female incubates eggs for 14 days, chicks fledge 15-21 days after hatching.

Foraging and Feeding

Hawaii Amakihi: Forages on leaves and branches for insects and spiders. Uses its tubular tongue to drink nectar, mostly from flowers of Mamane and Ohia trees, also feeds on fruit.

Vocalization

Hawaii Amakihi: Song is a flat trill, call is a buzzy "tzeet" and "chu-weet".

Similar Species

Hawaii Amakihi: Hawaii Creeper has straighter bill, adults have white throats and gray or black loral mask extending behind eye. Akiapola'au are slightly larger and have much longer curved bills.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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