The O‘ahu ‘amakihi is a small, generalist Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the island of O‘ahu. Until 1995, the O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, and Kaua‘i ‘amakihi, were considered a single species: the common ‘amakihi. Plumage of all species is similar; males are yellow-green to olive. Females are similar, but duller, and unlike the other species, female O‘ahu ‘amakihi have two dull wing bars. O‘ahu ‘amakihi are generalized foragers that take arthropods from a variety of trees and substrates. The species often gleans arthropods from leaves and twigs. It also feeds on nectar and fruit from a variety of native and non-native plants and has been observed eating sap from koa trees.

The map below shows hotspots along our birding trails where you might see this bird. Learn more by visiting our species profile page for Oʻahu ʻamakihi.