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[[image: Iiwi.jpg ]] '''Common Name:''' ’I’iwi '''Scientific Name:''' Vestiaria coccinea '''Size:''' 6.5 inches (15cm) '''Habitat:''' Found in the Hawaii Islands (Hawaii, Maui, and Kaua'I) in dense wet forests. '''Status:''' Near threatened due to introduced avian malaria and habitat loss. Populations are rapidly declining. '''Diet:''' Flower Nectar and some insects. '''Breeding:''' Two eggs are laid in a cup nest of twigs, mosses, and lichens high in the crown of an 'ohia-lehua tree. '''Cool Facts:''' The long curved bill of the 'I'iwi has evolutionally adapted to sip nectar from the long tubular flowers of the native Hawaiian lobelioids. They will pierce a hole in the base of the flower and extract the nectar with their brushy tipped tongues. They are important pollinators for many species of native plants. They forage high up in the mid to upper canopy of forests and will often defend a territory with a heavily flowering tree in it. As the lobelioids have declined through habitat loss and extinction, 'I'iwis have shifted to feeding more on other native flowers such as the 'ohia-lehua, koa, naio, and mamane. This dietary shift has been reflected in the slight reduction in average bill length seen over the past century. 'I'iwis can produce a wide variety of calls from rusty door hinge sound to clear flute-like sounds. '''Found in [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/shop/itemdetails/-/?item=2092&refid=653438178 Cool and Unusual Birds]'''
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