Alternative Name: Kauai Creeper
Art work by noisi
- Oreomystis bairdi
Identification
13 cm
- Greyish-brown upperparts
- White underparts
- Conical, slightly downcurved bill,,
- Pink bill and feet
Juvenile has bold white eye-ring
Distribution
Island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This taxon is considered a subspecies of Paroreomyza maculata by some authors[2]
Habitat
Wet montane forests.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects, larvae, and spiders. It possesses a tongue that is specially designed for extracting insects from crevices in bark.
Breeding
It builds a simple open-cup nest between March and May in ohi'a trees.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Akikiki. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Akikiki
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
