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Day 11 of Avian August 2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves: ʻAnianiau (Magumma parva)

The ʻAnianiau is the smallest of the Hawaiian honeycreepers. Like its island relatives, it is brightly colored — the male a neon greenish-yellow, and the female a paler, more washed-out shade of the same hue.

They prefer the high-elevation montane forests of Kauaʻi and, like many other Hawaiian songbirds, obtain most of their sustenance from the nectar of ʻōhiʻa lehua tree flowers. Occasionally, however, they will visit other flowers, such as those of the Hawaiian blueberry, ʻŌhelo ʻai (Vaccinium reticulatum).