'Akiapōlā'au

A Hawaiian honey creeper, 'akiapōlā'au, sitting on trunk of tree at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo By/Credit
Jack Jeffrey
Date Shot/Created
03/16/2023
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The ‘akiapōlā‘au is a stocky Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the island of Hawai‘i and most famous for their specialized bills, which have a long, decurved upper mandible and a short woodpecker-like lower mandible.
Facility
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge