Chlorodrepanis virens | Hawaii amakihi | ʻamakihi
Endemic
The most common native bird, the ʻamakihi is an adaptable bird in a changing landscape. A small greenish-yellowish-grayish bird at 4 ½ inches, they flit about the trees sipping nectar and catching insects in almost every type of Hawaiian forest. While avian malaria is decimating other native bird species, the amakihi appears to be adapting, being spotted at lower elevation (and within the mosquito zone) in Puna on Hawaiʻi Island and even the edges of urban Honolulu.
Hotspots for Hawaii amakihi
- Kahakapao Recreation Area | Details for Kahakapao Recreation Area
- Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area | Details for Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area
- Waikamoi Preserve (The Nature Conservancy-PRIVATE) | Details for Waikamoi Preserve (The Nature Conservancy-PRIVATE)
- Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park) | Details for Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park)
- Leleiwi Overlook (Haleakalā National Park) | Details for Leleiwi Overlook (Haleakalā National Park)
- Honua‘ula Forest Reserve (Makāula -‘O‘oma section) | Details for Honua‘ula Forest Reserve (Makāula -‘O‘oma section)
- Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a ʻŌhiʻa Trail | Details for Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a ʻŌhiʻa Trail
- Palila Forest Discovery Trail | Details for Palila Forest Discovery Trail
- Pu‘u Huluhulu Trail | Details for Pu‘u Huluhulu Trail
- Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Trail | Details for Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Trail
- Kaulana Manu Nature Trail | Details for Kaulana Manu Nature Trail
- Kaūmana Trail | Details for Kaūmana Trail
Kahakapao Recreation Area
Wet forest





Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area
Dry forest






Waikamoi Preserve (The Nature Conservancy-PRIVATE)
Wet forest



Hosmer Grove (Haleakalā National Park)
Dry forest










Leleiwi Overlook (Haleakalā National Park)
Dry forest






Honua‘ula Forest Reserve (Makāula -‘O‘oma section)
Wet forest



Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a ʻŌhiʻa Trail
Dry forestPasture and grasslands





Palila Forest Discovery Trail
Dry forest




Pu‘u Huluhulu Trail
Dry forest






Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Trail
Wet forest




Kaulana Manu Nature Trail
Wet forest






Kaūmana Trail
Wet forest



