We hear that the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Short Beaks, so: srsly cute little ʻapapane from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and NPS VIP photographer Janice Wei it shall be.
🪶
#HVNP #Apapane #HawaiiBirds #HawaiiParks #HoneyCreepers
Figure 2B from Przelomska et al. (2025) doi:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0265 Illustrations credit: Angela Przelomski
5/🧵 #Admixture has seldom been detected in #Hawaiian #honeycreepers. We find:
❌ no evidence that ‘ō‘ū 🦜interbred with kiwikiu 🐦
✅ significant evidence of gene flow from Lāna’i ‘ō‘ū 🦜into the Lānai hookbill🐤 (extinct in early 1900s)
highlighting a pre-extinction breeding strategy in this clade
Happy #Birdtober!
#Alawi
Found only on Hawaiʻi Island, the ʻalawi #honeycreepers live in high elevation native ʻōhiʻa & koa forests.
They are also known as the Hawaiʻi creeper because they forage by “creeping” up & down branches & tree trunks, using their bills to fleck off bark in search of food.
🌺 Fun Facts About the ʻIʻiwi, a Hawaiian Honeycreeper! 🐦✨
#Hawaiian #honeycreepers are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, currently seen only in forests at elevations over 5,000ft.
Native Hawaiians once used the bright red feathers to make stunning capes, cloaks, & helmets for the aliʻi (royalty) 👑.
A vivid series of paintings by Kaneohe-born artist #JonChing zeroes in on the magnificent beauty of six #endangered #Hawaiian #honeycreepers, rare creatures found nowhere else on Earth. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/08/jon-...
🐦Hawaiian #honeycreepers are a remarkable, diverse family of birds found nowhere else in the world. They play a vital role —pollinating plants 🌺 & sustaining Hawaiian forests 🌳 through a relationship developed over millions of years.
Shop Hawaiʻi birds: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/collections/...
Top left Laughing Falcon, top right Keel-billed Toucan, bottom left Roseate Spoonbill with Brown Pelicans and Royal Terns, bottom right, Shining Honeycreeper, male. Thanks for reading! #birdyourworld #bird 🪶 #birdwatching #birdphotography #toucans #laughingfalcon #honeycreepers #panamá #bocasdeltoro
Last year, scientists released #Wolbachia-infected sterilizing #mosquitoes in #Hawaii, helping native #honeycreepers fight against #avianmalaria, a deadly #mosquito-transmitted #parasite.
www.npr.org/2024/06/12/n...
Focusing this coming week on birds with interesting hairdos...like this beautiful Tui taking flight on Steward Island, NZ! They also have an amazing melodic song to match! #honeycreepers #newzealand #🪶 #birds #nature #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky#naturephotography #birdphotography
Male red-legged honeycreeper in breeding season. "Hey ladies, check out my red legs, how about these powerful wings?.....and my very bluuuuuue plumage. Choose me...choose me!" 😆 #honeycreepers #costarica #🪶 #birds #nature #birding #photography #birdsofbluesky#naturephotography #birdphotography
Featuring interviews with field teams battling extinction on #Maui and Kaua'i, the film captures the plight of the #honeycreepers and the importance of native forest birds both to the ecosystem and the local communities. Through storytelling and education, the #film aims to bridge knowledge gaps.
New!
ʻIʻiwi belong to the Hawaiian honeycreepers, aptly named for their busy movements as they collect nectar from flowers. Once abundant, their long, downward-curved bills are perfectly adapted to fit into the native flowers they visit, facilitating pollination.
#iiwi #metalbird #honeycreepers
New!
ʻIʻiwi are in the group of Hawaiian honeycreepers, so named because they "creep" busily through nectar-bearing flowers. Once common, now only in protected areas.
8 x 12 inches
#iiwi #honeycreepers #artprints #hawaiibirds #hawaiiparks #shopyourparks
The melancholy of the #extinct Hawaiian #honeycreepers (Walter Rothschild) - great article & artwork http://ow.ly/sBets HT @_BTO #birds
