Apapane | Animalz

ApapaneThe Apapane is a Hawaiian honeycreeper that uses nectar as a major food source and also takes insects. It visits ʻōhiʻa blossoms and moves through the canopy as it feeds.What does it look like?Adults are crimson with dark wings and tail. Juveniles are yellow-brown with a white undertail.How does it live?The Apapane is a Hawaiian honeycreeper that uses nectar as a major food source and also takes insects. It visits ʻōhiʻa blossoms and moves through the canopy as it feeds.Nectar from ʻōhiʻa is a major food source. The accounts also describe insects gleaned from moss and lichens and birds moving through the canopy while feeding.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.