`Apapane

Scientific name: Himatione sanguinea

USFWS Status: --

Distribution: all main islands

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The 'apapane is found on all the main Hawaiian Islands and is abundant in native `ohia forests, although it occasionally visits exotic forests. It forages in the forest canopy for nectar and insects. It also frequents flowering koa and mamane and has been observed feeding in pines and flowering eucalyptus.

Photo © 1992 by Jack Jeffrey

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This page last revised 3 December 2001 by nle