This small Hawaiian honeycreeper is common on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai and rare on Lanai. Males are bright yellow, females yellowish green, and birds move among leaves in search of nectar, insects, and fruit.
Males are bright yellow and females yellowish green. The bill is thicker and more curved than that of the Warbling White-eye.
It is abundant in high-elevation native forest but also occurs at lower elevations in non-native forest. It moves quickly from understory to canopy while searching for nectar, insects, and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.