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Loxops coccineus
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Identification

Locality: Powerline Road, Hawaii.

Adult males are a bright orange. Females and juvenile males are green with an orange breast. The 'akepa gleans insects from the outer leaves of branches near the crowns of 'ohi'a trees, using the crossed tips of its bill to open budding leaves. They prefer to live near large old 'ohi'a trees that have natural nesting cavities. Their greatest population concentration is in the Pua 'Akala tract of Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge.

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