Kauai Amakihi

When to see the Kauai Amakihi

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 Kauai Amakihi

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Kauai Amakihi

The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi is a species of Hawaiian honeycreepers endemic to Kauaʻi in the family Fringillidae. The species Hawaiian name is associated with is Kihikihi, or kihi, which stems from the word amakihi. Kihikihi, meaning curved, makes a reference to the bill of the Kauaʻi ʻamakihi. The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi has similar physical features to an extinct species, the Kauaʻi nukupuʻu. When flying or feeding, the Kaua'i 'amakihi lets out a distinguishing tweet.

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Easily confused with

Oahu AmakihiChlorodrepanis flavaThe Oʻahu ʻamakihi is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Fringillidae. Hawaii AmakihiChlorodrepanis virensThe Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi is a small bird, measuring about 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length.