Oahu Amakihi

Chlorodrepanis flava

Near ThreatenedRareEndemicOmnivoreForestCup nestTiny · 13 g

About the Oahu Amakihi

The Oʻahu ʻamakihi is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Fringillidae. The male is rich yellow below, sharply contrasted with greenish upper parts. Females are duller and have two prominent wing-bars. It has a total length of approximately 4.5 inches (11 cm). It is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, and is likely the only surviving honeycreeper endemic to the island.

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in February · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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