Anianiau Identification

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Adult

A small, yellowish Hawaiian honeycreeper with a short, pale, slightly curved bill. Male is bright yellow overall.

Adult

Female is slightly duller than male, with white undertail coverts (yellow in male).

Adult

A small, active all-yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper found only on Kauai. Probes flowers for nectar and also picks arthropods from leaves and twigs.

Juvenile

Juvenile is paler and less yellow than adult, with grayish nape.

Adult

Picks insects from leaves and twigs and probes flowers for nectar.

Juvenile

Occurs in both native Hawaiian and disturbed non-native forests on the island of Kauai.

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Identification

A small Hawaiian honeycreeper of high elevation native forests on Kauai. Males are bright yellow and females are yellowish green. Smaller than the Kauai Amakihi with a straighter bill and without the faint black line between the bill and the eye. Moves quickly and incessantly in the understory and forest canopy in search of nectar, insects, and fruit. Fairly common in more remote areas of the eastern Alakai Plateau; uncommon to rare in the western Alakai and Kokee State Park. Song is a trill consisting of paired notes “weesee-weesee-weesee.” Call is a soft upslurred “su-weet.”