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Photo by bkrownd
Kulani Powerline Road, Hawaii, October 2006

Vestiaria coccinea

[edit] Identification

• Red body
• Black wings and tail
• Long curved salmon-coloured

Juvenile
Photo by flanken
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA, April 2011

[edit] Distribution

Found only on the main Hawaiian Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Ohia and mamame forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Photo by flanken
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA, April 2011

[edit] Diet

Diet includes nectar from �hia trees.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Animalpicturesarchive

• List of references

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