'Amakihi
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(New page: image: Amakihi.jpg '''Common Name:''' Common ‘Amakihi '''Scientific Name:''' Hemignathus virens '''Size:''' 4 inches (10cm) '''Habitat:''' Hawaiian Islands. One of the most comm...) |
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'''Size:''' 4 inches (10cm) | '''Size:''' 4 inches (10cm) | ||
| - | '''Habitat:''' Hawaiian Islands. One of the most common native birds, found on all main islands, except Lana`i where it is now likely extinct. Inhabits a variety of native habitats from sea level to the shrub lands of the islands' highest volcanoes (around 8000 feet), and is occasionally seen among introduced vegetation. | + | '''Habitat:''' Oceania; Hawaiian Islands. One of the most common native birds, found on all main islands, except Lana`i where it is now likely extinct. Inhabits a variety of native habitats from sea level to the shrub lands of the islands' highest volcanoes (around 8000 feet), and is occasionally seen among introduced vegetation. |
| - | '''Status:''' Not threatened. Of all the native forest birds, `Amakihi may be least affected by changes in habitat that have resulted from human activities. Amakihi are one of the very few native birds that may be evolving resistance to introduced diseases such as avian malaria and avian poxvirus. `Amakihi are seen with increasing frequency in suburban areas of O`ahu, including Aina Haina, Manoa, and Nuuanu. | + | '''Status:''' Not threatened. '''Global Population:''' unknown. Of all the native forest birds, `Amakihi may be least affected by changes in habitat that have resulted from human activities. Amakihi are one of the very few native birds that may be evolving resistance to introduced diseases such as avian malaria and avian poxvirus. `Amakihi are seen with increasing frequency in suburban areas of O`ahu, including Aina Haina, Manoa, and Nuuanu. |
'''Diet:''' `Amakihi have a very wide diet. They possess a tubular tongue that is characteristic of nectar-feeding species, and use it to obtain nectar from a variety of native flowers such as `ohi`a-lehua, akala (Hawaiian raspberry), and mamane, as well as many introduced species. Amakihi also hunt a variety of insect and spider species which they glean from the foliage and bark of trees and shrubs, and are known to occasionally suck the juices from a variety of fruits. | '''Diet:''' `Amakihi have a very wide diet. They possess a tubular tongue that is characteristic of nectar-feeding species, and use it to obtain nectar from a variety of native flowers such as `ohi`a-lehua, akala (Hawaiian raspberry), and mamane, as well as many introduced species. Amakihi also hunt a variety of insect and spider species which they glean from the foliage and bark of trees and shrubs, and are known to occasionally suck the juices from a variety of fruits. | ||
