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ForestCavity nestTiny · 11 g
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It is a four-inch (10 cm) long bird of a dusty green color. Males are bright orange. It has a small cross bill just like the other Loxops species. Its call is a slight quivering whistle ending with a long trill.
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When to see the Hawaii Akepa
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Hawaii Akepa
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Hawaii Akepa
The Hawaiʻi ʻākepa is an endangered ʻākepa native to Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. The three ʻākepa species were considered monotypic before being split by the NACC of the AOU in 2015. The Hawaiʻi ʻākepa was first collected by western science during Captain James Cook's third voyage around the world. Several specimens were collected, as well as feather leis constructed by Hawaiian artisans. The specimens were classified when brought back to England several years later. The Latin name of the bird, Loxops coccineus, means "crossed" (Loxops) and "red" (coccineus).
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Easily confused with
Hawaii CreeperLoxops manaThe Hawaiʻi creeper, Hawaii creeper or alawī is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
AkekeeLoxops caeruleirostrisThe akekeʻe or Kauaʻi ʻākepa is a bird species in the family Fringillidae, where it is placed in the Hawaiian honeycreeper genus Loxops.
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