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Apapane
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The apapane ( ;) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. They are the most abundant and widely distributed honeycreeper and are found on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lānai, Kauai, Molokai and Oahu.
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Himatione
- Mass
- 15
- Image
- Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) Hosmer Grove, Haleakala Nat Park, Maui co, Hawaii.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Himatione sanguinea
- taxon name
- Himatione sanguinea
- Commons gallery
- Himatione sanguinea
- taxon common name
- apapane-havaiano
- endemic to
- Hawaii
- short name
- H. sanguinea
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Song
- Diet
- Breeding
- Habitat and distribution
- Threats and conservation
- References
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The apapane ( ;) (Himatione sanguinea) is a small, crimson species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. They are the most abundant and widely distributed honeycreeper and are found on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lānai, Kauai, Molokai and Oahu.
Apapane commonly forage in the canopies of ''ōhia (Metrosideros polymorpha'') trees, drinking nectar from the flowers and serving as important pollinators. Hawaiians primarily used red feathers from ʻiʻiwi, but also some from ʻapapane, to adorn the ahuula (capes), mahiole (helmets), and nā lei hulu (feather leis) of alii (Hawaiian nobility).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Apapane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.