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Loxops caeruleirostris

Photo by jparks
Location: Alakai Swamp, Kauai, Hawaii

[edit] Identification

11cm
Male:

• Bright yellow cheeks, underparts, crown and rump
• Greenish tail, wings, back, and nape
• Black mask, which extends from the eye to the base of the bill
• Long notched tail
• Short, blue bill
• The lower mandible is bent to one side
  

The female is less colourful

[edit] Distribution

Island of Kaua'i, Hawaii.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

High-elevation rainforest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Nests are built on ohia tree branches.

[edit] Diet

Their modified bills are used to open up leaf and flower buds in search of their prey. The diet includes spiders and insects; they take nectar very rarely.

[edit] References

Audubon

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