Kauai Elepaio Photo Gallery

Adult

A small, long-tailed songbird found only on the island of Kauai. Adult has gray upperparts, light rufous throat and breast, grayish-white belly, two white wingbars, and an all-dark bill.

Immature

Immature has a rich cinnamon head and throat, rufous wingbars, and a yellow base to the bill.

Adult

A small, energetic songbird found only on Kauai. Adult has grayish head and upperparts, rufous wash on throat and breast, two white wingbars, white rump, and white tips to long tail.

Adult

Adult has white wingbars, rump, and tail tips, and may show a dark rusty band across the breast.

Adult

Frequently holds long tail cocked upward. Note white undertail coverts and white tips to tail.

Immature

Immature has cinnamon head, rump, and wingbars. Moves frequently in search of insects and spiders. Frequently holds long tail cocked upward.

Immature

An acrobatic bird with strong legs and feet, capable of clinging to vertical surfaces and hanging upside down from branches and leaf clusters.

Habitat

Most common in wet ohia forest above 1,100 meters (3,600 feet) elevation, but also occurs in lower elevation forests, including ones dominated by non-native plants.