- Loxops caeruleirostris
Identification
11cm. Yellow and green, short, blue bills, and long, notched tails, bright yellow cheeks, underparts, crown, and rump, strong black masks from the base of the bill to the eye, greenish tails, wings, backs, and napes. The lower mandible is bent to one side; these modified bills are used to open up leaf and flower buds in search of arthropods.
Distribution
Island of Kaua'i, Hawaii.
Taxonomy
Habitat
High-elevation rainforest.
Behaviour
Nests are built on ohia tree branches.
The diet includes spiders and insects; they take nectar very rarely.
