DescriptionHemignathus flavus English: Oahu Amakihi - Oahu, Hawaii
Date 1996
Author Tsuru8
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amakihi_common_winter_oahu_hawaii_monte-m-taylor.jpg
The Oʻahu ʻamakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the Fringillidae family. 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 11 cm. It is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. The Oʻahu ʻamakihi was first named by Andrew Bloxam (as Nectarina flava). Order: Passeriformes, Family: Fringillidae, Subfamily: Carduelinae, Species: Chlorodrepanis flava (Bloxam, 1827)
Synonyms: Hemignathus flavus.
