- Drepanis coccinea
Vestiaria coccinea
Identification
15 cm (6 in)
- Red overall plumage
- Black wings and tail
- Long curved salmon-coloured bill
Distribution
Found only on the main Hawaiian Islands. Still numerous at higher elevations on Hawai'i and Maui.
Small remnant populations on Kaua'i and O'ahu may vanish in the near future.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in its own monotypic genus Vestiaria.
Habitat
Dry and wet ohia and mamame forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet consists mostly of nectar from ōhia trees. They supplement this with invertebrates.
Breeding
They form monogomous pairs during the breeding season, which runs from December to July.
Gallery
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Sub-adult
Photo by flanken
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA, April 2011
Juvenile
Photo by Cubbybear1963
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, April 2016
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Animalpicturesarchive
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Iiwi. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Iiwi
External Links
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