Oahu Amakihi
A species of 'Amakihis Scientific name : Chlorodrepanis flava Genus : 'Amakihis
Oahu Amakihi, A species of 'Amakihis
Botanical name: Chlorodrepanis flava
Genus: 'Amakihis
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Description
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Description
The Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the family Fringillidae. The male is rich yellow below, sharply contrasted with greenish upper parts. Females are duller and have two prominent wing-bars. It has a total length of approximately 4.5 inches (11 cm). It is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, and is likely the only surviving honeycreeper endemic to the island. 
Size
8 - 13 cm
Feeding Habits
Oahu Amakihi primarily feeds on nectar, supplemented with insects, other arthropods, and fruit. They forage actively, adept in extracting food from flowers with unique dietary adaptations for nectarivory.
Habitat
Variety of forest types, from very wet, high-elevation forests to drier habitats, less common in scrubby, stunted forest on high, exposed ridges than in taller, more sheltered forest on slopes and in valleys at middle elevations, both native forest and lower-elevation forest dominated by introduced plant species, native forest
Dite type
Nectivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Finches Genus
'Amakihis Species
Oahu Amakihi 
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