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The ʻakikiki (Oreomystis bairdi), also called the Kauaʻi creeper, is a critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi. It is the only member of the genus Oreomystis . Of the Hawaiian birds known to be extant, it is thought to be the most endangered, with only 454 wild individuals known as of 2018.
Their ancestors are thought to have been from Asia and diverged from Carpodacus about 7.2 million years ago, and they are thought to have first arrived and radiated on the Hawaiian Islands between 5.7–7.2 million years ago, which was roughly the same time that the islands of Ni'ihau and Kauai formed.
The Kauai ʻakialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri) was a Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. It was endemic to the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It became extinct in the 20th century due to introduced avian disease and habitat loss. The Kauai ʻakialoa was about seven and a half inches in length and had a very long ...
Kauai nukupu'u (Hemignathus hanapepe), probably extinct; Palila (Loxioides bailleui) ‘Akeke‘e (Loxops caeruleirostris) Maui ʻakepa (Loxops ochraceus), probably extinct; Poʻo-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), probably extinct; ʻAkikiki (Oreomystis bairdi) ʻAkohekohe (Palmeria dolei) Oʻahu ʻalauahio (Paroreomyza maculata), probably extinct
Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi on Maui. Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi are a productive species with a long breeding season, lasting about 9 months. On the Big Island, Maui and Molokaʻi there is variation in when that breeding season starts but it may coincide with flowering of māmane in dry māmane forests.
The ʻapapane (/ ˌ ɑː p ɑː ˈ p ɑː n eɪ / AH-pah-PAH-nay; [2]) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.They are the most abundant and widely distributed honeycreeper and are found on the islands of Hawaiʻi, Maui, Lānaʻi, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu.
The Kauaʻi ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreepers endemic [2] to Kauaʻi in the family Fringillidae.The species Hawaiian name is associated with is Kihikihi, or kihi, which stems from the word amakihi.
The ʻakiapōlāʻau (Hemignathus wilsoni), pronounced ah-kee-ah-POH-LAH-OW, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper that is endemic to the island of Hawaii.Its natural habitats are dry and montane moist forests, and the only bird species on the island to occupy the woodpecker niche. [2]