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==References==

Revision as of 22:58, 25 April 2016

Photo by bkrownd
Kulani Powerline Road, Hawaii, October 2006
Drepanis coccinea

Vestiaria coccinea

Identification

15 cm (6 in)

  • Red overall plumage
  • Black wings and tail
  • Long curved salmon-coloured bill
Photo by flanken
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii, USA, April 2011

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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References

  1. 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/
  2. Animalpicturesarchive
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)

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