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Akohekohe

Palmeria dolei

Critically Endangered · IUCN Red List

CRCritically EndangeredEndemicNectarForestCup nestSmall · 26 g
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 1
Photo: (c) Araks Ohanyan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Araks Ohanyan · cc-by
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 2
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 3
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Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 4
Photo: Araks Ohanyan · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 5
Photo: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021 · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 6
Photo: NPS Photo · Public domain
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 7
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 8
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 9
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Akohekohe (Palmeria dolei), photo 10
Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The ʻākohekohe (pronounced "ah ko-hay ko-hay") is the largest honeycreeper on Maui, at 6.5 to 7 inches (17 to 18 cm) in length. The adults are a glossy black with whitish feathers and stripes going down its side. The underparts are whitish black while the top has orange feathers sticking from wings. The feathers behind the eyes are a reddish color, and have a stream of cream colored feathers coming from the eyes. One of the things that most people recognize about this bird is its whitish gold colored feather crest on its head. Voice: It has a variety of songs. The most well known of the calls is a pair of whee-o, whee-o, being repeated over and over again. Also another well known song is a descending thrill which is done about five seconds apart. It songs include a low chuckling sound, tjook, tjook, chouroup or a rarer song, hur-hur-hur-gluk-gluk-gluk.

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When to see the Akohekohe

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

About the Akohekohe

The ʻākohekohe, or crested honeycreeper, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper. It is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. The ʻākohekohe is susceptible to mosquito‐transmitted avian malaria and only breeds in high‐elevation wet forests.

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Easily confused with

Somali Golden-winged GrosbeakRhynchostruthus louisaeThe males are grey-brown overall with a black bill that is smaller than in the other golden-winged grosbeaks. Yellow-faced Siskin (Spinus yarrellii) Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrelliiThe yellow-faced siskin is sexually dimorphic with the male having a black crown. Warsangli LinnetLinaria johannisThe Warsangli linnet is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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